Potentilla nepalensis Hook.

A herb. It grows 30-60 cm high and spreads 30-60 cm wide. It forms clumps. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are slender and purple and erect. They are leafy and branching. The leaves are oval and have coarse teeth. They are 3-8 cm long and have 5 leaflets. They are on long stalks and grow from a central base. The flowers are pink or red. They are in branching panicles.

Grazing grounds and cultivated areas, 2100-2700 metres from Pakistan to C. Nepal.

The ripe fruit are eaten. ?

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.