Potentilla griffithii J. D. Hooker var. pumila (Franchet) Handel-Mazzetti; P. leschenaultiana Seringe var. pumila Franchet; P. multifida Linnaeus var. saundersiana (Royle) J. D. Hooker; P. potaninii Th. Wolf var. subdigitata Th. Wolf; P. thibetica Cardot.

Radical leaves palmately 3–5-foliolate; leaflets adaxially green, sparsely appressed pilose. Inflorescence many flowered. Epicalyx segments shorter than or nearly equaling sepals, apex acute.

Alpine thickets and meadows; 2600--5200 m. Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].