Anemonastrum smithianum (Lauener & Panigrahi) J. Holub

Leaves 4--9(--20); petiole 10--20(--25) cm, spreading villous; leaf blade 3-parted, orbicular-pentagonal, 4--8 × 6--12 cm, appressed villous or pilose, base cordate; segments slightly imbricate, subsessile; central segment 3-parted, broadly rhombic, margin pinnatisect, ultimate lobules ovate obtuse; lateral segments unequally 2-parted, obliquely flabellate. Scapes 1 or 2, 20--45 cm, spreading villous; cyme 3--7(--10)-flowered. Involucral bracts 3--5(--7); 3-parted or 3-lobed, broadly rhombic or flabellate-rhombic, 2--5 cm. Pedicel 3--4(--10) cm, pubescent. Sepals 5(or 6), purple-red or pink, broadly elliptic or ovate, 15--20 × 10--15 mm, pubescent, sometimes so along central vein only, basal veins 5--7, vein anastomoses 1--3, apex rounded, sometimes 3--5-dentate. Stamens 3--6 mm; filament slightly dilated; anther ellipsoid. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Achene body obovoid or subglobose, compressed, 4--8 × 4--5 mm, narrowly winged, glabrous; style straight or slightly curved, ca. 2 mm. Fl. Jun.

Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan).

S Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

3000-4500 m

Scrub, streamsides; 3800--4300 m.

Anemonastrum smithianum (Lauener & Panigrahi) Holub.