Hymenidium pulszkyi (Kanitz) Pimenov & Kljuykov; Pleurospermum kansuense H. Wolff.

Plants 8–40 cm, usually tinged purplish-red. Root stout, dark brown, branched. Stem stout, often reduced. Basal and lower stem leaves long-petiolate, sheaths ovate; blades oblong or ovate, 3–10 × 1–3 cm, 1–2-pinnate; ultimate segments oblong or linear, 3–10 × 1–3 mm. Umbels 15–20 cm across; bracts 5–8, ovate or lanceolate, 2–5 × 0.3–1 cm, margin white or purplish-red, apex acute or pinnate; rays 5–10, 5–12 cm, slightly unequal; bracteoles 10–15, ovate or lanceolate, 1–2 cm, acuminate, longer than flowers; pedicels numerous, 5–8 mm. Calyx teeth conspicuous, triangular-ovate, ca. 0.8 × 0.5 mm. Petals obovate, white. Anthers dark purple. Fruit oblong-ovoid, 5–6 × 2–3.5 mm; ribs narrowly sinuolate winged; vittae 3 in each furrow, 6 on commissure. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep.

Alpine meadows, stony slopes; 3600–4600 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Xizang, NW Yunnan.