Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 341. 1805. Ranunculus falcatus L., Sp. Pl. 556. 1753; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 16. 1872. Anemone cyanosurus Griffith, Notul. 4: 735. 1854 & Icon. Pl. 4: t. 660, f. 1. 1854.

Herbs, annual, acaulescent, 2 - 10 cm high. Leaves all radical, 3-fid and once or twice forked into linear segments or pinnatifid; petioles margined, tapering towards base. Scapes lor more, from the middle of the leaves, longer than leaves, naked; flowers solitary, yellow, 1 - 1.5 cm in diam. Petals yellow. Stamens 5 - 15. Achenes numerous on elongated receptacle, 9 - 10 mm long, having broad falcate beak and two empty pouches of cells on either side, placed far apart.

Fl. & Fr. March - May.

Distrib. India: Cultivated fields and wastelands of subalpine regions.jammu & kashmir.

Pakistan, Afghanistan, West & Central Asia and Europe.