Potentilla nivea 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 Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, France, Greenland, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mongolia, Montana, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Primorye, Québec, Sakhalin, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, Utah, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon.