POTENTILLA HIPPIANA PROPINQUA n. IL Potentilla drfusa A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. 1849: 41. 1849. Not Willd.
Po/oar/la Hipplana pulchemnia S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 555, in part, 1873. Not P. pulcherrima Lehm.
The stem is more diffuse or ascending, rather low ; the leaflets are more appfoximatc and more silky, scarcely at all tomentose, often green above. In the latter case they resemble somewhat those of P. pulcharima, which is a much taller plant.