Potentina erecta, (L.) Rauschel

52. P. erecta (L.) Räuschel , Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3, 152 (1797)

(P. tormentilla Stokes). Perennial; stock stout, with a terminal rosette of leaves which are often dead at flowering time. Flowering stems (5-)10-30(-50) cm, procumbent to suberect, never rooting, appressed-pubescent. Leaves ternate or rarely digitate; leaflets 3, rarely 4 or 5, 5-30 x 2-5-10 mm, obovate-cuneate to oblong-lanceolate, dentate to incise-serrate at apex, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, sericeous-villous beneath. Flowers nearly all 4-merous, usually many in a terminal cyme. Sepals ovate-lanceolate; epicalyx-segments linear-oblong. Petals (3-)4_6 mm, usually a little longer than sepals. Stamens 14-20. Carpels 4-8(-20). Style conical at base, slightly davate at apex. 2« = 28. Almost throughout Europe, but rare in the Mediterranean region. All except BI Cr Gr Sb Si Tu.