| Potentilla elegans Cham. & Schltdl. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Juz., Fl. URSS 10: 612 (1941). Type (LE): Russian Far East: South Chukotka, "in ditione fl. Anadyr", leg. V. Vassiljev. |
| Notes | The representatives of sect. Aureae that reach the Arctic belong to three groups: Potentilla crantzii + P. gelida, P. hyparctica + P. pulviniformis, and P. fragiformis + P. nana. Yurtsev proposed two additional hybrid species not fully accepted by Elven, Murray, and Aiken. |
| Chromosomes | (1) 14 (2x). - Far East (N). - At least four reports, several counts. (2) 28 (4x). - Far East (N). - Popoff (1939); Zhukova (1965a). |
| Geography | Asian (C-NE) - amphi-Beringian: SIB RFE ALA. |
| Distribution | N = F AN = s C = R D = F E = F WI = f CE = f CS = f AW = r Kh = s CW = f [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Potentilla L. |
| PAF ID | 641051 |