Overview
- Botanical Name : Anemone obtusiloba Don.
- Category : Sikkim Himalayas
- Family : ranunculaceae
Collection Summery
- Collector Name : G.H.Cave
- Collection Place : Megu
- Collection Date : 01/07/1922
- Elevation : 14000 ft
Description Common name: Himalayan Thimbleweed • Hindi: ratanjot • Nepali: Ratan jotHimalayan Thimbleweed is a perennial herb which is very variable, with 2-5 cm buttercup flowers in colors white, blue or yellow. Flowers are borne on short spreading, tufted stems about 5-15 cm long. Flowers have 5-7 elliptic petals which are silky haired beneath. The plant has many softly hairy basal leaves, 2-5 cm across. Leaves are rounded in outline, deeply 3-lobed. The lobes are further lobed or cut. Leaves just below the flowers are about 2.5 cm, 3-lobed and stalkless. Himalayan Thimbleweed is commonly found in forests, shrubberies, open slopes and grazing grounds, at altitudes of 2100-4300 m. Flowering: May-July.
