Thalictrum elegans Wallich ex Royle, Illus. Bot. Himal. 51. 1834; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 10. 1872.

Herbs; stems slender, 15 - 40 cm high. Leaves 2 - 3-pinnate, glaucous beneath; leaflets elliptic-obovate, 2 - 5 x 1- 2 mm, bluntly 3-lobed or partite, glabrous or minutely glandular on veins beneath. Flowers in racemose, sparingly branched panicles. Sepals elliptic, ca 3 x 1.75 mm, greenish purple. Anthers obliquely obovate, somewhat inflated, narrowly winged on back, 4 - 7 x 2.5 - 4 mm, purplish, glabrous, borne on slender 2 - 3 mm long stalk; beak incurved.

Fl. & Fr. July - Oct.

Distrib. India: Himalayas, alpine cliff edges, rocky slopes, moraines, 3000 - 4500 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim.

Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and China (Tibet).