Aquilegia ecalcarata Maxim.

Stems 1--4, 20--60(--80) cm tall, sparsely spreading pubescent, often apically branched. Basal leaves several, 2-ternate; petiole 7--15 cm; leaf blade abaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrous, adaxially glabrous; lateral leaflets obliquely ovate, unequally 2-parted; central leaflet broadly obovate to flabellate, 1.5--4 × 1.5--3.6 cm, 3-parted to 3-lobed and segments with 2 or 3 obtuse teeth. Stem leaves 1--3. Inflorescences cymose, 2--6-flowered. Flowers 1.5--2.8 cm in diam. Pedicel to 6 cm, pubescent. Sepals purple, narrowly ovate, 10--14 × 4--6 mm. Petals purple, suberect, oblong-elliptic, nearly as long as sepals; spur absent. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as petals; anthers blackish, oblong. Staminodes linear, ca. 4 mm. Pistils 4 or 5, sparsely pilose or glabrous. Follicles 8--11 mm; persistent styles 3--5 mm. Seeds ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jun--Aug.

Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, E Xizang.

* Sparse forests, scrub, grassy slopes, alongside roads; 1800--3500 m.

Aquilegia ecalcarata f. semicalcarata (Schipczinski) Handel-Mazzetti; Semiaquilegia ecalcarata (Maximowicz) Sprague & Hutchinson; S. ecalcarata f. semicalcarata Schipczinski; S. simulatrix J. R. Drummond & Hutchinson.