Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball, Pawlowski and Walters in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (1998).
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central Europe to Iran and Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Woods, edges and clearings of oak and European beech forests, from c. 450 to 1600 m altitude.
Flowering period: Late winter – spring: FEB, MAR, APR.
References:
Potentilla L. Ball, P.W., Pawlowski, B. and Walters, S.M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 36 – 47.
Potentilla L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 934 – 974.