Potentilla crantzii is a species in the Potentilla genus. This name is accepted name for the species in the family Rosaceae subfamily Rosoideae, tribe Potentilleae, subtribe Potentillinae, . This species is found in Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, India, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Labrador, Magadan, Mongolia, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Pakistan, Poland, Québec, Romania, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia.