加长银莲花 jia chang yin lian hua

Anemonastrum elongatum (D. Don) Holub.

Leaves 5--15; petiole 15--30 cm, ± densely pubescent; leaf blade 3-parted, rhombic-orbicular, 8--15 × 6--12 cm, scarcely puberulent or subglabrous; segments 2- or 3-lobed, rhombic, margin acutely dentate. Scape 40--80 cm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; cyme compound, elongate, 7--15-flowered. Involucral bracts 3--7(--9), 3-parted, rhombic, 5--14 cm, sparsely puberulent. Bracteoles 3-cleft or entire, 2--4 cm. Pedicel 3--15 cm, base villous. Sepals 5, white, ovate, 12--20 × 6--12 mm, sparsely puberulent or glabrous, basal veins 3--5, vein anastomoses absent or solitary, base long narrowed, apex rounded. Stamens 3--5 mm; filament linear, anther cylindric. Ovary ovoid, base narrowed; style almost straight, short. Achene body ovoid-ellipsoid, 6--9 × 4--7 mm, glabrous; wings 1.2--1.3 mm wide; style straight or sometimes slightly curved, 1--1.5 mm.

Sparse forests, meadows; 1800--3700 m. Xizang [N India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].