Vasilis Teodoridis:
Anemone demissa J. D. Hooker & Thomson; Fl. Ind. 23. 1855.
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Leaves 5--10(--15); petiole 5--30 cm; sparsely or densely villous or lanate; leaf blade 3-sect; ovate; broadly so; rhombic-pentagonal; or reniform-pentagonal; 5--8 x 4--6(--12) cm; villous or subglabrous; base cordate or subtruncate; margin ciliate; central segment petiolulate (petiolule 5--15 mm); 3-parted; broadly rhombic or rhombic-ovate; margin incised lobulate; ultimate lobules ovate or triangular; lateral segments subsessile; unequally 2- or 3-parted; smaller than central one; sometimes much more so. Scapes 2 or 3(--5); 5--45(--80) cm; spreading villous; cyme umbellate; 1--5(--8)-flowered. Involucral bracts 3 or 4; bract blade 3-parted or 3-lobed; broadly rhombic or narrowly obovate-oblong; 2--4 cm; pubescent. Pedicel 2--6(--8) cm; pubescent. Sepals 5--7; blue; purple; red; or white; obovate or elliptic; 8--18 x 4--12 mm; sometimes dimorphic (inner ones smaller and of different shape); sparsely puberulent; basal veins 3--7; vein anastomoses 1--3. Stamens 3--5 mm; filament slightly dilated; anther cylindric; 1--2 mm; apex rounded. Staminodes sometimes present. Ovary glabrous or scarcely pubescent; sometimes sterile. Achene body broadly ellipsoid or obovoid; 6--7 x 4--6 mm; glabrous or scarcely pubescent; wings 0.8--1.2 mm wide; style curved; 1.8--2 mm. Fl. May--Jul.
Forests; sparse forests; scrub; grassy slopes; streamsides; 3000--5000 m. S Gansu; S Qinghai; W Sichuan; E and S Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan; N India; Nepal; Sikkim].