Thalictrum argyi H. Léveillé & Vaniot; T. glyphocarpum Wight & Arnott; T. lecoyeri Franchet; T. sessile Hayata.

Plants glabrous. Inflorescence pleiochasial, few or many flowered. Carpels 8--15; style 0.6--1 mm. Fl. Apr--Jul.

This variety is used medicinally.

Forests, slopes, damp rocky ledges; 1500--3400 m. Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sikkim, Sri Lanka].