深齿毛茛 shen chi mao gen

Ranunculus affinis R. Brown var. stracheyanus Maximowicz, Fl. Tangut. 14. 1889; R. pulchellus C. A. Meyer var. stracheyanus (Maximowicz) Handel-Mazzetti.

Stems 4--16 cm, sparsely white puberulent. Leaf blade 0.7--1.8 × 0.8--2 cm. Flowers 0.9--1.5 cm in diam. Receptacle glabrous. Petals 5.5--9 × 2.5--5.5 mm, nectary pit without a scale. Achene ca. 1.2 mm, glabrous. Fl. May--Aug, fr. Jul--Oct.

Alpine meadows, grassy slopes, by streams; 2300--4500 m. S Gansu, Qinghai, SW Sichuan, W and S Xinjiang, W and N Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim].