Potentilla villosa Pall. ex Pursh
Annotated by Reidar Elven, David F. Murray, 15 Feb 2006. Remarks: transitional to P. villosula Jurtzev; Former nature_of_id: expert.

Alaska: Nunivak I.
60° N, 166° W,
Datum: unknown. Coordinate Source: unknown. Misleading coordinates given only to nearest degree.
Fairly common. There is some doubt as to where this specimen was collected. The original label indicates that it was collected by Darwin Seim on 6 July 1965 from 38 Mile Steese Highway. Based on other specimens in Arctos, on 6 July 1965 and the days before and after, Darwin was collecting in the Fairbanks area, specifically along the Steese Highway (mostly the Eagle Summit area). However, he was on Nunivak Island from 2 August to 11 August. If I map all the Potentilla villosa specimens in Arctos, none are from the Interior [Alan Batten]. I know I talked with Darwin on the phone a few years ago, and he admitted he was not sure.... but he did remember that he had dashed from Steese Hiway to Nunivak that summer (1965) and that some specimens may have been left in his press. And he may have gotten confused as to where they were from later in the fall when he was back in Fairbanks. And I do remember the specimen as being big, gorgeous (coastal-looking) P. villosa for sure [Carolyn Parker]. Http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Herb:146260. Number of labels=1.

Darwin E. Seim s.n., 2-11 Aug 1965
ALA, Catalog: UAM:Herb:146260, ALAAC=31960