Description from
Flora of China
Potentilla caespitosa Lehmann, Del. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. 1849: 10. 1849; P. sinonivea Hultén.
Plants low and tufted. Roots slender. Radical leaves usually 3-foliolate; leaflets broadly obovate, margin lobed to parted. Inflorescence 1(or 2)-flowered.
Alpine thickets and meadows; 2700--5200 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Xizang.
