2.1a. Circaea alpina L. subsp. imaicola (Ascherson & Magnus 1870: 749) Kitamura (1960: 279)

(Fig. 2C).

≡ Circaea alpina L. var. imaicola Asch. & Magnus. ≡ Circaea imaicola (Asch. & Magnus) Handel-Mazzetti (1933: 603) .

Lectotype (designated by Boufford 1982):— INDIA. Eastern peninsula, Wight 989 (K000742287!, isolectotypes S-G-1389 digital image, L0008645 digital image) .

Distribution: —U Ganga & Indus, U Yarlung Zangbo, M Yarlung Zangbo, L Yarlung Zangbo, Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra, C Nepal, E Nepal, W Nepal, Tangut, S Hengduan, N Hengduan.

Note: —It’s the most common subspecies in the Pan-Himalaya region. It can be distinguished by the flowers being held on erect or ascending pedicels.