Perennial of the Rosaceae family, this cinquefoil is native to the mountains of western Himalayas, Kashmir, and northern Pakistan, where it colonizes rocky areas, rock crevices, and sunny rocky slopes at altitudes exceeding 3,500 meters.
It forms creeping and dense mats, only a few centimeters high, willingly insinuating itself between stones and embracing the relief of the ground. The leaves are trifoliate, with wedge-shaped leaflets — wedge-shaped at the base, widened and toothed at the top — a glossy dark green that gives them a neat and tidy appearance, very different from the matte or tomentose foliage of other alpine cinquefoils. It is precisely this characteristic wedge shape that gave the species its name.
The flowers have five bright lemon-yellow petals, slightly notched, borne in small numbers but regularly above the foliage on short peduncles. In its natural habitat, its flowering extends from June to August. In cultivation, it generally blooms from May to July.
It requires very well-drained soil, poor to moderately rich, in full sun. Perfectly hardy, it excels in rock gardens, walls, and alpine gardens, where its glossy foliage and mat-forming habit give it an interest that goes beyond the flowering period alone.