Urtica triangularis f. pinnatifida Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 111. 1929.

Leaf blade often narrowly triangular, lateral basal veins reaching middle-proximal margin, base truncate or shallowly cordate, margin coarsely dentate or sharply serrate distally and pinnatifid near base; inflorescences erect; female perianth lateral lobes setulose and with stinging hairs; achene coarsely verrucose. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.

* Thickets, meadows, along streams; (2700-)3400-4100 m. S Gansu, Qinghai, E Xizang, NW Yunnan.