Thalictrum platycarpum Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 20: 27. 1846; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 12. 1872.

Herbs, up to 60 cm high, glabrous. Leaves 3-ternate; leaflets 3 - 7-lobed, ca 3 cm broad; petiole base with membranous sheathing stipules, ovate, obtuse, dentate-lobed. Flowers white, 2 - 3 cm across, in terminal, few-flowered panicles; pedicels 3 - 10 cm long. Sepals elliptic, petaloid, white. Stamens much shorter than sepals; anthers not pointed; filaments linear. Carpels 10 - 12, linear-oblong, shortly stipitate. Achenes linear-oblong, 1.5 - 2 cm long, prominently ribbed, long-stipitate; beak incurved.

Fl. & Fr. April - July.

Distrib. India: N. W. Himalayas, 1800 - 2400 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

Pakistan and Afghanistan.