Strawberry Cinquefoil

Potentilla fragiformis Wilid.; Schlecht. Ges. Nat. Freunde
Berlin Mag. 7 : 294. 1815.
Potentilla grandifiora fragiformis Seringe, in DC. Prodr. 2 : 572. 1825.
Perennial, somewhat tufted ; stems several from the caudex, more or less villous, ascending or erect, 1-2 dm. high, few-leaved and few-flowered, with rather long erect branches ; stipules ovate, the lower scarious, brown and acute, the upper herbaceous and obtuse or acute ; leaves ternate with sessile leaflets, more or less villous, the odd leaflets larger, ovate with cuneate base, the lateral ones obliquely elliptic or obovate, all with obtuse and more rounded teeth than in P. emarginata; hypanthium villous, in fruit 10-15 mm. in diameter ; bractlets usually broadly elliptic and obtuse, equaling or often exceeding the ovate rather acute sepals, which are 6-7 mm. long ; petals obcordate or broadly cuneate and deeply emarginate, about 8 mm. long ; stamens about 20 ; pistils numerous.
Type locality : Aleutian Islands.
Distribution : Siberia, and the Aleutian and Behring Sea Islands.