Potentilla robbinsiana Oakes

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Rosaceae

• Scientific Name

  Potentilla robbinsiana (Lehm.) Oakes ex Rydb.

• Description

  Species Description - Plants dwarf, cespitose, the basal or near- basal lvs forming a tuft 2–4 cm; lfls 3, digitate, cuneate-obovate, long-pilose, especially beneath, with 2–4 deep teeth on each side; fls yellow, 6 mm wide; bractlets elliptic, 2 mm, equaling the oblong sep; pet obcordate, barely surpassing the sep. Rare and local, in rocky places at high elev. in the White Mts. of N.H.; formerly also on Mt. Mansfield in Vt., and reputedly still present at an undisclosed location in Vt. June.

• Common Names

  white-mountain potentilla