Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rosales (124)
Family: Rosaceae (60)(family description)
Genus: Potentilla (6)
Epithet: montana Brot. (9)
Synonyms: Dynamidium montanum (Brot.) Timb.-Lagr., Fraga vaillantii Lapeyr., Fragaria vaillantii Noulet, Potentilla splendens Ramond ex DC., Potentilla vaillantii Lapeyr. ex Nestl.
montana => growing in the mountains
montanum => growing in the mountains
vaillantii => in honor of Sébastien Vaillant (1669-1722), French botanist