Potentilla decurrens

Potentilla decurrens (S. Wats.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey
Club 23 : 396. 1896.
Potentilla dissecta decurrens S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8 : 557. 1873.
Perennial, with a short cespitose caudex ; stems glabrous up to the inflorescence, less than 1 dm. high, ascending ; basal leaves pinnate, with 11-13 leaflets, which are rather approximate, broadly cuneate, usually 3-toothed at the apex, 1 cm. long or less, dark-green
and glabrous or ciliate towards the apex ; stem-leaves 5-foliolate or ternate ; stipules ovate,
5-7 mm. long; cymes 4-10-flowered ; rrypanthium strigose, in fruit about 5 mm. broad;
bractlets linear-lanceolate, 3 mm. long ; sepals lanceolate, acute, 4-5 mm. long ; petals
obovate, 5 mm. long ; stamens about 20 ; pistils many ; styles filiform.
Type locality : Parks of the Uintahs [Utah] . Distribution : Central and north-eastern Utah.