Perennial herbs. Rootstock thick and divided Stem 10-20 cm. long, sparsely tomentose and with long pilose hairs. Leaves 3-5 pinnate, 4-10 cm. long at the base, petioles with 3-4 mm. dense spreading glandulose hairs. Basal stipules ferrugineus, auricles linear-lanceolate, upper stipules leafy and oblong-lanceolate. Leaflets obovate, 1-2 cm. long, deeply dessected nearly to the midrib, segments revolute and obtuse, upper surface adpressed pilose and glandulose, green, lower surface greyish tomentose with glands underneath. Flowers 2-6, terminal, 1-1.5 cm. diam., yellow. Calyces tomentose and pilose with large pale yellow glands, outer sepals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse shorter than the ovate and acute inner sepals. Petals c. 5 mm. long. Stamens about 25. Carpels numerous, glandulose, styles subterminal, c. 1 mm. long, thickend below.

Fl. Per.: June-August

Type: Described from Caucasus, USSR (LE).

A-8 Gilgit, Nagar, F.Schmid 1933 (G), South facing slope about 4 miles N.W. of Hispar village, 13,000 ft., dry stony and scree places, flowers yellow, O. Polunin 6335 (BM), Hispar Glacier right bank, Scott Russell 1486 (BM), Mekerum, 12,500-13,000 ft., O. Polunin 1426 (BM), B-8 Baltistan: Gasharbrum near Shigar, 4200 m. July 1956, George Weiler (W), Karpachu Nullah above Skardu, R.R. Stewart 20252 (RAW), Deosai Plains c 4,000 m. in dry stony places, Muqarrab Shah & Jamshed (ABD), B-9 Kashmir, Mashoo Nullah, Leh Ladakh, 13,500 ft., grassy slopes, F. Ludlow & G. Sherriff 8437 (E), Pensi La Zaskar, 16,500 ft, W. Koelz 5839a (B), on stony and sandy grounds, B.B. Osmaston 43 (K).

Distribution: Russia (Caucasus), Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Kashmir.

Potentilla x agrimonioides is considered to be a stabilised hybrid species between Potentilla sericea x Potentilla pensylvanica. The species is fairly common in northern Pakistan and upper Kashmir Valley between 4,000 and 5,500 m. It is generally found in dry scree and stony places in alpine pastures.