Anemone polyanthes D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 194. 1825; Hook. f. & Thomson in Pl. Brit. India 1: 9. 1872. A. narcissiflora L. var. polyanthes (D. Don) Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 51: 56 - 76. 1904.

Herbs, large, hairy; rootstock stout, woody; stems 20 - 25 cm high, densely silky. Raditalleaves reniform-cordate, up to 12 cm across, 57-lobed; lobes deeply 3-fid, crenate; petioles up to 25 cm long, hairy. Scapes erect, stout, 30 - 40 cm long, bearing many-flowered umbels. Involucralleaves variable, more or less cut or incised; involucels of secondary branches similar. Flowers 2 - 3 cm across, white; pedicels ca 4 cm long, hairy. Sepals 5 - 8, elliptic, 2 - 3 cm long. Carpels with short erect style. Achenes ovoid with a short straight beak.

Fl. June - July; Fr. Sept. - Oct.

Distrib. India: Rocky alpine slopes, Fir forests and clearings, 3000 - 4200 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim.

Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan.

Notes. Chromosome no. 2n = 16 (Baumberger in Ber. Schw. Bot. Ges. 80: 17 - 96. 1970).