Halerpestes tricuspis

Halerpestes tricuspis (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz., Acta Horti Gothob. 13: 135 1939. (syn: Halerpestes haiyanica D.Z. Ma; Halerpestes lancifolia var. variifolia Tamura; Halerpestes tricuspis var. heterophylla W.T.Wang; Halerpestes tricuspis var. intermedia W.T.Wang; Halerpestes tricuspis var. linearisecta L.H.Zhou; Halerpestes tricuspis var. tricuspis ; Halerpestes tricuspis var. variifolia (Tamura) W.T.Wang; Halerpestes variifolia (Tamura) Tamura; Ranunculus tricuspis Maxim.);
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Mongolia to Himalaya: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang as per POWO;
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China (SW-Gansu, S-Ningxia, Qinghai, SE-Xinjiang), NE- and S-Tibet, Nepal, India: Jammu & Kashmir (Rupshu, Dras, Ladakh), Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Bhutan as per CoL;

Common name: Three-Finger Buttercup • Ladakhi: ཤརཆ ང་ Sharchang, ཆུརུག་སྦལ་ལྒ་ Chu-rug sbal-lag

India: Alpine Himalayas, in shallow water and marshy areas, 3000 – 5000 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim; Bhutan, Nepal, China, Mangolia and Russia (as per BSI Flora of India)

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Halerpestes tricuspis var. tricuspis— at Pangong, Ladakh- July-PKA-17 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)
Seen this herb near pangong Lake, Ladakh.
Bot. name: Halerpestes tricuspis var. tricuspis
Family: Ranunculaceae

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Thanks, …,  for the new species in efi.

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Need ID PJ4 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 822 kb.
Mankorma, Ladakh, J&K, ~4,500 mts, 2015

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wonderful picture, … with demonstrating the harsh habitat and survival instinct of many of our botanical co-habitants on this earth. good for you and for us. please show us more of your cases.

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Thank you, wasn’t aware of the limit, will take care in the future… the thought of clicking other aspects of the plant never struck me, the follies of not thinking like a botanist maybe…:-), a useful suggestion and will try to do that in future…

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You will definitely learn slowly like me 😁! Nothing to worry. Just go through regulations once !

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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI  BSI Flora of India  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  JSTOR (Specimen) Flowers of India