Adonis nepalensis Simonovicz in Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. URSS. 7: 146 - 148. 1970 (1971); Hara in Fl. E. Himal. 3: 35. 1975.

Herbs, perennial, glabrous; flowering stems 5 - 15 cm high, incrcasiag up to 30 cm in fruit, branched from base. Radical leaves long-petioled, 2 - to 3-pinnatisect, elliptic to oblong-ovate, 2 - 10 x 1.5 - 3 cm; segments acute or subacute at apex; cauline leaves sessile, oblong-elliptic to ovate-elliptic. Flowers reddish brown, 2.5 - 4 cm in diarn.; flowering peduncles short; pedicels up to 1 cm long. Sepals 5 - 6, elliptic, ca 7 x 4 mm, sometimes purplish. Petals 12 - 16, obovate, blunt, 8 - 12 x 4 - 5 mm, yellow or rarely dark blue. Achenes obovoid to subglobose, with short straight beaks, glabrous; beak short, straight; fruiting peduncles up to 1.5 cm long; fruiting heads ca 1 cm across.

Fl. & Fr. April - July.

Distrib. India: Alpine grassy slopes and ravines, 4000 - 4600 m. Sikkim.

Nepal and Bhutan.