微裂银莲花 wei lie yin lian hua

Leaves 3--7; petiole flat, 2.5--4 × 0.5--1.0 cm, villous; leaf blade undivided or obscurely 3-lobed, broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, 3--4 × 2--3 cm, villous, base usually truncate, margin obtusely dentate, apex rounded. Scapes 2--5, 3--15 cm, villous; cyme 1-flowered. Involucral bract blade entire or subequally 3-dentate, lanceolate, 1--2 cm, villous, apex obtuse. Pedicel 0.5--1 cm, villous. Sepals 5 or 6, white, broadly elliptic, 8--12 × 5--8 mm, sparsely puberulent, basal veins 3--5, vein anastomoses absent. Stamens 3--5 mm; filament lanceolate. Staminodes absent. Pistils 3--3.5 mm; ovary densely pubescent. Achenes not seen. Fl. May--Jul.

* Abies or Pinus forests, grassy slopes; 2500--4000 m. SW Sichuan (Muli Zang Zu Zizhixian), NW Yunnan (Eryuan Xian).