Potentilla chinensis subsp. trigonodonta Handel-Mazzetti; P. chinensis var. xerogenes Handel-Mazzetti; P. exaltata Bunge.

Leaflets pinnatifid; segments triangular-ovate, triangular-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate.

This variety is used medicinally.

Sparse forests, forest margins, thickets, meadows on mountain slopes, ravines; 400--3200 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia (Far East)].