别名：绵毛果委陵菜;毛果岩金梅;绵毛果萎陵菜;小神砂草;

科名：蔷薇科 Rosaceae

属名：委陵菜属 Potentilla

《中国植物志》第37卷254页
  7.毛果委陵菜（秦岭植物志）绵毛果委陵菜（中国高等植物图鉴），小神砂草（陕西）
  Potentilla eriocarpa Wall. ex Lehm. Nov. Stirp. Pugill. 3: 35. 1831: Hand.-Mazz. in Acta Hort. Gothob. 13: 303. 1939; H. R. Fletcher in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 20: 209. 1950: 中国高等植物图鉴2: 289, 2308, 1972; 秦岭植物志1(2): 551. 图460. 1972. ——P. davidii Francb. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris ser. 2. 6:222. 1885. ——p. eriocarpa Wall. var. cathayana Schneid. in Bot. Gaz. 64: 73. 1917. ——p. eriocarpoides J. Krause var. glabrescens J. Krause in Fedde, Repert. Sp. Nov. Beih. 8: 408. 1922.
种中文名：毛果委陵菜
种拉丁名：Potentilla eriocarpa Wall. ex Lehm.
种别名  ：绵毛果委陵菜(中国高等植物图鉴)，小神砂草(陕西)
国内分布：陕,川,藏,滇
海    拔：2700-5000
中国植物志：37:254
英文植物志：9:296
系中文名：毛果系
系拉丁名：Ser．Eriocarpae
组中文名：线状花柱组
组拉丁名：Sect．Nematostylae
属中文名：委陵菜属
属拉丁名：Potentilla
亚科中文名：蔷薇亚科
亚科拉丁名：ROSOideae Pocke
科中文名：蔷薇科
科拉丁名：Rosaceae
纲中文名：双子叶植物纲
纲拉丁名：DICOTYLEDONEAE
门中文名：被子植物门
门拉丁名：ANGIOSPERMAE
参考文献：Porentilla eriocarpa Wall.ex Lehm.Nov Stirp.Pugill 3：35.1831；Hand.-Mazz. In Acta．Hort Gothob．13：303.1939;H.R．Fletcher in Not．Bot，Gard.Edinb.20: 209．1950；中国高等植物图鉴2：289.2308．1972；秦岭植物志1(2)：551 图460．1972．——P．Davidii Franch．In Nouv．Arch．Mus，Hist．Nat.Paris sor．2.6：222．1885．——P．Eriocarpa Wall．Var．Cathayana Schneid．In Bot．Gaz．64：73．1917.----P.erioca-rpoides J．Krause var．Glabrescens J．Krause in Fedde Repert；Sp.Nov.Beih.8：408．‘1922．
本系概述：Ser．Eriocarpae(Wolf)Yu et Li stat．Nov．——Grex Eriocarpae Wolf in Bibl．Bot．71：46．79．1908．---Sect．Eriocarpae(Wolf)Juzep in Fl．URSS 10： 86，1941. 本系我国有下列2种。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 9 (2003)
Potentilla eriocarpa  Wallich ex Lehmann
毛果委陵菜   mao guo wei ling cai
Subshrubs. Roots robust, terete. Rhizome stout, elongate, woody, densely covered with remains of old stipules. Flowering stems erect or ascending, 4–12 cm tall, together with petioles sparsely white villous, sometimes glabrescent. Radical leaves 3–7 cm including petiole; stipules brown, membranous, abaxially white villous; leaf blade 3-foliolate; leaflets shortly petiolulate or subsessile, abaxially green, adaxially dark green, obovate-elliptic, obovate-cuneate, or rhombic-elliptic, abaxially sparsely white villous on veins and later glabrescent elsewhere, or densely white villous and later glabrescent, adaxially sparsely pilose or densely white villous, often glabrescent, base cuneate or broadly so, margin proximally entire, distally deeply 5–7-dentate with teeth ovate or elliptic-ovate and apex subrounded to acute, or or 2–5-parted with segments broadly fasciated or lanceolate and apex acute or acuminate; cauline leaves: stipules herbaceous, ovate-elliptic, margin entire or slightly serrate, apex acuminate; leaf blade absent, bractlike, or occasionally 3-foliolate. Inflorescence terminal, 1–3-flowered. Flowers 2–2.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 2–2.5 cm, pilose. Sepals triangular-ovate, apex acuminate; epicalyx segments oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, nearly equaling sepals, abaxially sparsely pilose or subglabrous, apex acute, rarely 2-fid. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, ca. 2 × as long as sepals, apex emarginate. Carpels densely twisted villous; style subterminal, filiform; stigma dilated. Achenes smooth, villous. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct.
Sparse forests, alpine meadows, talus slopes, rock crevices; 2700--5000 m. Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim].