Perennial herb with stems to about 50 cm tall. Leaves of 3 ovate to obovate, sharply toothed leaflets, white-hairy below. Flowers mostly red, sometimes yellow or orange, petals notched; summer to autumn.
var. argyrophylla (Lehm.) Grierson & Long has yellow flowers. Syn. P. argyrophylla Lehm.
Himalaya.
Source: (2002). Rosaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Gibson'
S scarlet' Plant to about 40 cm tall with pale green leaves. Flowers single, bright red.