Callianthemum pimpinelloides (D.Don ex Royle) Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 26 1855. (Syn: Callianthemum cashmirianum Cambess.; Callianthemum imbricatum Hand.-Mazz.; Callianthemum tibeticum Witasek; Ranunculus pimpinelloides D. Don);
. Afghanistan to S. Central China: Afghanistan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Kashmir Prettyflower .
Ranunculaceae Fortnight:Callianthemum pimpinelloides (D. Don) Hook. f. & Thomson : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Thanks for sharing … Very hard to say. Just one VERY POOR image. Is it the fruits or gone-over flower which is thought MIGHT be Callianthemum? Yet again, no location, altitude or month is provided.
The foliage seen is certainly NOT Callianthemum.
MUCH better and MANY more photos required, with good close-ups of flowers or fruits and foliage are required to be in a position to comment meaningfully.
Cannot justify devoting any more time to it. Looks somewhat closed. Callianthemum pimpinelloides Hook.f. & Thomson . Not Gagea at least ! Genus is confirmed, it matches with Callianthemum. According to FOP there are 2 species of same,
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=105095 , and it seems Callianthemum alatavicum for me http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200007544. please validate, highly thankful.
Callianthemum pimpinelloides (D.Don ex Royle) Hook.f. & Thomson! Keys can be seen in Flora of Pakistan, based on petal apex. To me petals appear to be pointed and not truncated, so it should be Callianthemum pimpinelloides (Pl. see other references here).
Looks different from Callianthemum alatavicum as per
pavelkaalpines pavelkaalpines2 flickriver https://nargs.org/plant/callianthemum-alatavicum
. References: POWO The Plant List Ver.1.1 Flora of China FOC illustration Flora of Pakistan Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora Herbarium Catalogue GBIF– specimen 1 Phyto images Flowers of India |