Anemone esquirolii H. Léveillé & Vaniot (1910), not H. Léveillé (1911); A. leveillei Ulbrich; A. longipes Tamura; A. saniculifolia H. Léveillé; Anemonidium rivulare (Buchanan-Hamilton ex de Candolle) Starodubtzev.

Scape 20--60 cm. Sepals 6--10, 10--15 × 5--10 mm.

Grassy slopes, streamsides, lakesides; 800--4900 m. SW Gansu, W Guangxi, Guizhou, SW Hubei, SE Qinghai, Sichuan, E and S Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Nepal, Sikkim, Sri Lanka].