Cortia depressa (D. Don) C. Norman

This species has been collected from Kashmir and Baltistan from 4-5000 m.

Plants 5–10(–20) cm. Petioles and rachis thick, adaxially shallowly fluted, pubescent; blade 1.5–10 × 0.75–3 cm, 2–3- pinnatisect, pinnae 5–7 pairs; ultimate segments linear, 3–5 × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire, narrowly revolute. Bracts few, 2-pinnate, segments linear; rays numerous, 3–6 cm, unequal. pubescent; bracteoles 10–15, 2-pinnatisect, narrow-linear, longer than flowers; umbellules 25–30-flowered. Styles 0.5–1.5 mm, little elongated in fruit. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 4–5 × 3–4 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.

Plants c. 20 cm tall, base fibrous. Stem reduced. Leaves bipinnatisect, slight¬ly pubescent; segments filiform to linear. Umbels sessile to shortly pedunculate, Involucre of bipinnate bracts. Rays unequal, elongated. Involucel of divided bractlets. Fruit dorsally compressed, 4-5 mm long.

Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Tibet.

SC Xizang (Namling) [Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Sikkim].

Distribution: Himalayas.

3600-4900 m

Alpine meadows; ca. 4400 m.