Potentilla richardii Lehm.

Potentilla richardii Lehm. Delect. Sem. Hort
Hamb. 1849 : 6. 1849.
Potentilla ancistifolia Galeotti ; Lehm. Delect. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1849: 6, as a synonym. 1849.
Perennial, with a short caudex ; stems short, ascending or erect, few-flowered, hirsute, with spreading hairs ; basal leaves pinnate ; leaflets about 7, hairy, with few spreading hairs, cuneate-flabelliform, incised or deeply 5-7-toothed at the end, with broadly oblong teeth ; stem-leaves similar but smaller and pinnately 5-foliolate or the upper ones 3-foliolate ; stipules broadly lanceolate, entire ; bractlets oblong, shorter than the broadly ovate sepals ; petals yellow, obcordate, nearly twice as long as the sepals; stamens about 20; styles
filiform.
Type locality : Peak of Orizaba, Mexico. Distribution : Mountains of central Mexico.