Anemone griffithii

Anemone griffithii Hook. fil. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 24 1855. (syn: Anemone caerulea var. griffithii (Hook. fil. & Thoms.) Ulbrich; Anemone nanchuanensis W. T. Wang; Anemonoides griffithii (Hook. fil. & Thoms.) Holub); 
China (C-Sichuan, SE-Sichuan), S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, ?Sikkim, India (Arunachal
Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life;

Common name: Griffith’s Anemone

Similar to A. obtusiloba and more especially to A.rupicola, but leaflets ovate, 1.5-3×1-3cm, acute, margins subacutely toothed and lobed, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; petioles 5-15cm; scapes 5-40cm, involucral bracts similar to leaves but smaller, pedicels 2-7cm; sepals obovate, 0.7-1.25 x 0.5-0.7cm, white, sometimes purple on margins or at base, subglabrous; achenes ovoid, c 4 x 2mm, glabrous, styles minute.

Fl. April-June
Stream sides and damp clearings in Hemlock and Fir forests.
(Attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1984 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)

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Anemone griffithii from Arunachal Pradesh : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)

Anemone griffithii from Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
Found blooming in June

Great capture and colour rendition is precise