Dasiphora is a genus of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species D. fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil), ranging across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in Potentilla as Potentilla sect. Rhopalostylae,

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| ||Dasiphora arbuscula <small>(D.Don) Soják</small>||Himalaya to Tibet

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| ||Dasiphora dryadanthoides <small>Juz.</small>||Central Asia to Himalaya.

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|120px ||Dasiphora fruticosa <small>(L.) Rydb.</small> (syn. Potentilla fruticosa)||Temp. Northern Hemisphere.

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| ||Dasiphora galantha <small>(Soják) Soják</small>|| Qinghai to China (Sichuan, Yunnan)

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|120px ||Dasiphora glabra <small>(G.Lodd.) Soják</small> (syn. Potentilla glabra)|| China

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| ||Dasiphora glabrata <small>(Willd. ex Schltdl.) Soják</small> (syns. Dasiphora davurica, Potentilla davurica, Potentilla fruticosa subsp. glabrata, Potentilla glabrata)||SE. Siberia to NE. China

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| ||Dasiphora gorovoii <small> Pshenn.</small>|| E. Primorye

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|120px ||Dasiphora mandshurica <small>(Maxim.) Juz.</small>||S. Russian Far East to China and N. Korea.

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|120px ||Dasiphora parvifolia <small>(Fisch. ex Lehm.) Juz.</small> (syn. Potentilla parvifolia)|| Central Asia to Siberia and N. & W. China.

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|120px ||Dasiphora phyllocalyx <small>Juz.</small>||Afghanistan to Central Asia and Pakistan

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| ||Dasiphora spectabilis <small>(Businský & Soják) Businský & Soják</small>|| Tibet.

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The Flora of China also includes Potentilla bifurca (syn. Sibbaldianthe bifurca) and P. imbricata (syn. Sibbaldianthe imbricata) in this group,

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