Potentilla indica

Herb to 30 cm high; runners slender, pilose, rooting at nodes, to c.50 cm long. Leaves basal and alternate along runners, 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to obovate, terminal leaflet equal or slightly larger than laterals, lamina 15–60 mm long, 10–30 mm wide, glabrous to sparsely pilose on upper surface, sparsely to moderately pilose below especially along veins, margins toothed; petiolules 1–2 mm long; petioles 4–15 cm long, covered in long spreading hairs. Peduncle usually only slightly exceeding leaves, 5–15 cm long. Epicalyx segments obovate, 3–5-toothed at apex, with scattered hairs, deflexed at fruiting, c. 5 mm long; sepals ovate, with long, spreading hairs, 6–10 mm long; petals shallowly emarginate to rounded, 5–8 mm long. Fruiting receptacle red, ovoid, 10–15 mm long; achenes hard. Flowers and fruits Sep.–Mar.