Welsh et al. 1993, Martin and Hutchins 1980, Kearney and Peebles 1969
Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Subshrub General: Perennial from scaly rootstocks, glandular-pubescent throughout, 30-60 cm tall. Leaves: Pinnately compound, basal leaves 3-22 cm long, 5-9 foliolate, leaflets obovate to broadly ovate, coarsely serrate margins to doubly dentate, green with various pubescent or glandular on both surfaces, cauline leaves 3-5 foliolate. Flowers: In open flat-topped cyme, several to many flowers, 5 sepals 5.5-9 mm long, lance-ovate, often acuminate, bracteoles 4.5-7 mm long, oblong to narrowly lanceolate, 5 petals mainly yellow slightly exceeding the sepals, generally 4-7.5 mm long, hypanthium glandular hirsute, 20-30 stamens, the styles basal. Fruits: Numerous glabrous achenes about 1 mm long. Ecology: Found in wet meadows and other sites with wet soils from 5,000-9,000 ft (1524-2743 m); flowers May-July. Notes: Distinguished from other Potentilla by the divergent inflorescence branches and the bright lemon yellow flowers, this is a fairly common plant. Ethnobotany: Used for swollen body parts, taken as a tonic, a stimulant, and as a tonic for well being. Etymology: Potentilla comes from Latin diminutive of potens, meaning powerful, while glandulosa means provided with glands. Synonyms: None Editor: SBuckley, 2010
