Thalictrum javanicum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 2 (1825) (syn: Thalictrum glyphocarpum Wight & Arn. );
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Himalaya to China and Tropical Asian Mountains: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
Erect perennial herbs, to 50 cm high; stem glabrous. Leaves alternate, bipinnate; leaflets 5-9, 1.5 x 2 cm, obovate, rounded at base, crenate, glabrous, palmately nerved; petioles and petiolules filiform, glabrous; stipule auricled. Flowers 7 mm across, in terminal panicled cymes; pedicels to 5 cm long, filiform; sepals 4, to 3 x 2 mm, ovate, obtuse, white with woolly hairs at apex; stamens many, free, filaments glabrous. Achenes few, to 5 x 2 mm, ellipsoid, sessile, 9-ribbed, glabrous, black, with hooked style.
Flowering and fruiting: June-October
Grasslands
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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SK 3835 09 August 2023: 9 high res. images.
Pl. check
https://efloraofindia.com/2021/12/03/thalictrum-rostellatum/
To me appears close.
Looks close but the fruiting image does not match ! Any possibility of Thalictrum javanicum Blume ??
This sp. is recorded from this area.
https://www.gbif.org/species/7277787
http://plantdatabase.kath.gov.np/plants/thalictrum-javanicum-bl-kath096189
I think you are right as per GBIF specimens (one and two) and FoC illustration.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF specimens (one and two) (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flora of peninsular India India Biodiversity Portal Bhutan Biodiversity Portal iNaturalist
