Geum oligocarpum J. Krause

Rhizome covered with remains of old leaves. Radical leaves few; stipules ovate, tiny, margin long ciliate, apex rounded; petiole 1–2 cm, spreading villous; leaf blade interrupted pinnate, 5–10 cm; leaflets in 4–6 pairs, laxly arranged, sessile, obovate-flabellate, nearly 3-lobed, 0.6–1.2 × 0.5–1.5 cm, terminal one largest, lateral ones variouly sized, both surfaces and margin densely appressed villous; lobes broadly cuneate at base, margin irregularly serrate, apex rounded; cauline leaves ca. 3, sessile, oblong-ovate, 3-lobed, 1–1.5 cm × 4–5 mm. Flowering stems 2 or 3, erect, branched distally, 15–30 cm tall, pubescent; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 3–5 mm, pilose, margin several serrate, apex acute. Flowers ca. 1 cm in diam.; pedicel 1.5–2 cm. Hypanthium obconic, 2–3 mm, abaxially pubescent. Sepals ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm, pubescent, margin ciliate, apex rounded; epicalyx segments linear-oblong, ca. 1 mm, margin ciliate, apex rounded. Petals white, obovate, 5–7 mm, glabrous, base shortly clawed, apex truncate or emarginate. Filaments shorter than petals, base pilose. Carpels ca. 4; ovary ovoid, apically thickened, papillate; style slightly thickened at base, villous. Achenes brown, ovoid or obovoid, 2–3 mm, densely papillate. Fl. and fr. Apr.

Ravines, grassy places. Sichuan.

Geum oligocarpum J. Krause, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 412. 1922.