Differs from Potentilla pamirica Th. Wolf var. pamirica in h aving c. 2 mm. long adpressed pilose indumentum on the petioles, densely snowy white tomentose hairs on the undersides of the leaflets and longer styles (c.1.5 mm.), which are a little thickened at the base.

Type: Described from Alai Valley, USSR (LE).

A-7 Yasin, Dharkot side 12,500 ft., in dry alpine pastures, flowers bright yellow, showy, S. Bowes Lyon 8124 (K), A-8 Gilgit: Gharesa Glacier, north facing slope, 12 miles east of Nagar, 12,750 ft, O. Polunin 6248 (BM, E,B), Khunjerab Top c. 5,000 m, Muqarrab Shah & Jamshed 189D (ABD), B-6 Chitral, Lutkhoo, Kiyar, rare, ± 3100 m, Haidar Ali 1773 (KUH), B-8 Baltistan: Bazark, Shigar near Biafo Glacier 4,400 m, Hans Hartmann 140 (Z), Ghondokora Glacier c. 5,000 m, E. Nasir & G.L. Webster 6069 (RAW), B-9 Kashmir, Pensi La, Zaskar, 16,500 ft, W. Koelz 5860 (US), Kargia 13,500 ft., W. Koelz 5365 (US), Ladakh, 10-18,000 ft. without precise locality, Thomson (E), Nubra Valley, June 22nd 1926, R.E. Clifford (K).

Distribution: Russia, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan Kashmir and India.

Fairly common variety in northern Pakistan and Ladakh Kashmir.

Chaoluan, Ikeda & H. Ohba in Zhengyi & P. H. Raven, Fl. China 9: 310. 2003 have accepted this taxon as a separate species.