Callianthemum alatavicum Freyn
  • Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 882 (1898) 


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2025): Callianthemum alatavicum Freyn. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000580284. Accessed on: 04 Jun 2025'

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Rhizome 3--4 mm in diam. Stems suberect, 8--18 cm, unbranched or branched once. Basal leaves 3--4, not fully expanded at anthesis; petiole 3.5--10 cm, basally sheathed; leaf blade narrowly ovate to ovate-oblong, 3.7--8.8 × 2.2--4.5 cm, subleathery when dry, with 4 or 5 pairs of lateral leaflets, basal ones with slender petiole, others shortly petiolate; leaflets 2 × pinnately divided; segments sessile, margin 1-toothed or entire, apically cuneiform-obovate. Stem leaves 2 or 3, similar to basal leaves but smaller. Flowers 1.7--2.5 cm in diam. Sepals subelliptic, 7--10 × 4--5 mm. Petals 5--7, white but basally brown, obovate, 0.9--1.4 × 0.8--1.1 cm, apex rounded. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as petal; anthers narrowly oblong. Aggregate fruit ovoid, 3.5--4 × 2--3 mm, slightly rugose. Fl. May--Jun.

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    Perennial. Rhizome vertical or oblique. Stems 6-17 cm, usually several, decumbent or ascendant, rarely erect. Radical leaves numerous, glabrous, with a long petiole and membranous sheath, lamina oblong-elliptic, narrow, rarely ovate, usually bipinnate, with 3 to 6 remote pairs of leaflets and a terminal one, leaflets sessile or very shortly stalked with short rounded lobes. Stem leaves 1-2, sessile or shortly stalked, lamina similar to basal leaves. Flowers solitary, cup-shaped, white, 20-25 mm in diameter. Sepals 5, green or purplish. Petals 6-10, broadly ovate to suborbicular. Stamens numerous. Follicles 5 x 2.5-3 Type: Alatau: “in trajectu Mundsdihe ad frontes fluvii Talger” Brotherus, exs. no. 274.

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    Flora of PakistanGeneral Information

    Perennial. Rhizome vertical or oblique. Stems 6-17 cm, usually several, decumbent or ascendant, rarely erect. Radical leaves numerous, glabrous, with a long petiole and membranous sheath, lamina oblong-elliptic, narrow, rarely ovate, usually bipinnate, with 3 to 6 remote pairs of leaflets and a terminal one, leaflets sessile or very shortly stalked with short rounded lobes. Stem leaves 1-2, sessile or shortly stalked, lamina similar to basal leaves. Flowers solitary, cup-shaped, white, 20-25 mm in diameter. Sepals 5, green or purplish. Petals 6-10, broadly ovate to suborbicular. Stamens numerous. Follicles 5 x 2.5-3 Type: Alatau: “in trajectu Mundsdihe ad frontes fluvii Talger” Brotherus, exs. no. 274.

    Flora of China @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Rhizome 3--4 mm in diam. Stems suberect, 8--18 cm, unbranched or branched once. Basal leaves 3--4, not fully expanded at anthesis; petiole 3.5--10 cm, basally sheathed; leaf blade narrowly ovate to ovate-oblong, 3.7--8.8 × 2.2--4.5 cm, subleathery when dry, with 4 or 5 pairs of lateral leaflets, basal ones with slender petiole, others shortly petiolate; leaflets 2 × pinnately divided; segments sessile, margin 1-toothed or entire, apically cuneiform-obovate. Stem leaves 2 or 3, similar to basal leaves but smaller. Flowers 1.7--2.5 cm in diam. Sepals subelliptic, 7--10 × 4--5 mm. Petals 5--7, white but basally brown, obovate, 0.9--1.4 × 0.8--1.1 cm, apex rounded. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as petal; anthers narrowly oblong. Aggregate fruit ovoid, 3.5--4 × 2--3 mm, slightly rugose. Fl. May--Jun.

    Distribution Map

     
    • Native distribution
    Found in
    • Asia-Temperate China Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia Kazakhstan
    • Kirgizistan
    • Tadzhikistan
    • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia Mongolia
    • Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan
    • West Himalaya

     Information From

    Flora of China @ efloras.org
    World Flora Online Data. 2024.
    • A Missouri Botanical Garden
    Flora of Pakistan
    World Flora Online Data. 2024.
    • B Missouri Botanical Garden
    Ranunculaceae
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    World Flora Online Data. 2022.
    • C CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)
    https://www.kew.org/
    The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://doi.org/10.34885/jdh2-dr22 Retrieved 28 September 2023.
    • D All Rights Reserved
    World Flora Online consortium
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/WFO
    World Flora Online Data. 2024.
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    • F CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).