Anemone smithiana Lauener & Panigr. in Notes R. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 33: 491 - 492. 1975.

Rootstock slender, woody, densely surrounded by old persistent leaf-stalks, spread- ing into long blackish grey fibrous strands. Leaves all radical; petioles up to 30 cm long; lamina 3 to 5-lobed; lobes pinnatifid or pinnatisect. Scapes 1 to 3, 10 - 45 cm long; branches 2.5 - 5 cm long, bearing simple umbels with 3 - 10 flowers; involucral leaves hairy; pedicels ca 3 cm long, elongating in fruits. Flowers whitish, pink, purple or mauve, ca 5 cm across. Sepals ca 2.5 x 1 cm. Stamens numerous. Achenes 10 - 15, compressed; beak short, hooked.

Fl. & Fr. July - Oct.

Distrib. India: Alpine rocky ledges and turfs in Juniper or Rhododendron scrubs, 3600 - 4300 m. Sikkim.

Nepal, Bhutan and China.