Potentilla greuteriana
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Potentilla greuteriana faces severe threats from habitat degradation due to overgrazing by livestock in its alpine meadow environments. Climate change poses an additional significant risk, as rising temperatures force this cold-adapted species to retreat to increasingly limited high-altitude refugia. The species' extremely restricted range makes it particularly vulnerable to localized disturbances and environmental changes.
Habitat
This endemic species inhabits alpine meadows and rocky slopes at high elevations in the mountains of Turkey. It grows in specialized calcareous soils within a very restricted altitudinal range, typically in areas with specific moisture and temperature conditions.