Anemonastrum rupestre

Anemonastrum rupestre subsp. rupestre (syn: Anemone bhutanica Tamura; Anemone obtusiloba var. coerulea Ulbrich; Anemone obtusiloba var. pusilla Brühl; Anemone rupestris Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Anemone rupestris Wall. ex Brühl (ambiguous synonym); Anemonidium rupestre (Wall. ex Hook. fil. & Thomson) Christenh. &
Byng);

Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, SE-Tibet, China (NW-Yunnan) as per Catalogue of Life;

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Root stocks slender with few fibrous leaf remains. Leaves divided into 3 or 5 broadly ovate leaflets, 5-15mm long and broad, each 3-lobed or divided into toothed segments, sparsely pubescent with long fine hairs; petioles 3-7cm. Scapes 1.5-15cm, involucral bracts 5-12mm, pedicels 1.5-7cm. Sepals elliptic, 6-10 x 2-6mm, white or purplish. Achenes elliptic, c 2mm, compressed, glabrous; styles c 1mm, straight.

Alpine cliff ledges, screes and open grassy slopes.

(Attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1984 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)

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Thanks a lot, …, for the wonderful addition.

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great. do they turn whitish as they age or are they separate var. as you have two entries at FOI might. It seems its co-habitat is Sedum?

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References:

Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  GBIF (High
resolution specimens) Flora of China 
FOC illustration  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Biodiversity Portal  IIIM (Specimen)  Bhutan Biodiversity Portal