Thalictrum hypoleucum Siebold & Zuccarini, Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 178. 1846; T. amplissimum H. Léveillé & Vaniot; T. minus var. amplissimum (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) H. Léveillé; T. minus var. elatum Lecoyer; T. minus var. majus Miquel; T. minus var. thunbergii (de Candolle) Voroschilov; T. purdomii Clark; T. thunbergii de Candolle; T. thunbergii var. majus (Miquel) Nakai.

Leaflet blade 1.5--4(--5) × 1.5--4(--5) cm, abaxially powdery white; veins raised abaxially. Pedicel 3--8 mm. Fl. Jun--Jul.

Forest margins, damp rocky ledges; ca. 1400 m. Anhui, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea].