Potentilla matsumurae

Potentilla matsumurae

  • Potentilla matsumurae
  • Potentilla matsumurae
  • Flower name
    Potentilla matsumurae
  • Scientific name
    Potentilla matsumurae
  • Alias
  • Place of origin Japan, Kuril and Sakhalin
  • Place of flowering
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Potentilla matsumurae

Potentilla matsumurae or Miyama kinbai (scientific name: Potentilla matsumurae) is native to Japan, Kuril and Sakhalin and is an alpine perennial in the family Rosaceae. The rhizome is thick and gives out many root leaves. It grows naturally on rocky areas and grasslands in alpine areas north of Hokkaido to central Honshu in Japan. In summer, five yellow petals bloom.
The leaves are three-leaf bilobed and have serrated.

Generic name:Potentilla matsumurae, scientific name: Potentilla matsumurae,
aka:Miyama kinbai , Plant height: 7-20 cm, flower color: yellow, flowering period: July to August,
flower diameter: 1.5-2 cm, number of petals: 5, flowering period: July to August.


  • Order
    Rosales
  • Family
    Rosaceae
  • Genus
    Potentilla
  • Species
    P. matsumurae
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Corymbose inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    3-fold compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typealpine perennia
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height7.0 ~ 20.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.5 ~ 2.0 cm

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