Anemone tetrasepala Royle, Illus. Bot. Himal. 53. 1834; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 10. 1872.

Herbs, up to 60 cm high, hairy or glabrous; rootstock woody, fibrous. Petioles of radical leaves up to 20 cm long, with sheathing bases; lamina deeply 5-partite, incised- serrate, deeply cordate, ca 15 x 50 cm. Scape stout, ca 50 cm high; cymes up to thrice braached, contracted or lax, up to 30 cm long; involucralleaves broadly cuneate, 6 - 8 x 2 - 3 cm; lobes linear-ovate, crenate only at tip; involucels much smaller, with entire lobes. Flowers 3 - 4 cm wide, white; buds pinkish. Sepals 4. Stamens many. Achencs with short hooked beaks.

Fl. & Fr. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.

Pakistan.

Notes. Chromosome no. 2n = 14 (Baumberger in Ber. Schw. Bot. Ges. 80: 17 - 96. 1970).