Description from
Flora of China
Potentilla forrestii W. W. Smith.
Radical leaves palmately 3–5-foliolate; leaflets adaxially grayish green, densely appressed sericeous. Inflorescence many flowered. Epicalyx segments nearly equaling sepals, apex 2- or 3(–5)-fid.
Alpine thickets and meadows; 3400--4100 m. Xizang, Yunnan.