Thesium emodi Hendrych in Feddes Repert. 70: 152, f. 2. 1965. T. himalense auct. non Royle ex Edgew.1846: sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 229. 1886, p. p.

Herbs perennial; rhizomes long, slender; stems ascending, sparsely branched, slender, 5 - 15 cm long. Leaves sparse, sessile, oblong, entire, sharply pointed, 7 - 25 × 1.5 - 2 mm, glabrous, 1-nerved. Inflorescences raceme-like, with solitary flowers; bract inserted at pedicel base, leaf-like, linear-lanceolate, 10 - 15 mm long. Flowers: pedicels 5 - 9 mm long; bracteoles 2, narrowly oblong, 4 - 6 mm long. Perianth 5.5 - 6.5 mm long, greenish yellow or pale green outside; tube campanulate, funnel-shaped; lobes oblong, acute, becoming incurved after anthesis. Stamens 5, not exserted. Ovary on ca 1.5 mm long stalk; stigma capitate, about twice as wide as style. Fruits ellipsoid, ca 4 x 3 mm, with longitudinal veins, pale yellow; persistent perianth subterete, ca 2 mm.

Fl. & Fr. May – June.

Distrib. India: Open pastures at 3500 – 4000 m altitude. Sikkim.

Nepal, Bhutan and China (Yunnan).