''Circaeaster agrestis'' is a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

species and one of only one to two species in its family, the

Circaeasteraceae Circaeasteraceae is a family of two species of herbaceous plants native to China and the Himalayas. The family has been recognized by many taxonomists. The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998), recognizes it and places it ...

. The plant is a small, glabrous herb found in

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ran ...

zones from the northwest Himalaya to northwest China.

References

Flora of China: ''Circaeaster agrestis''
Monotypic Ranunculales genera Ranunculales Taxa named by Karl Maximovich Plants described in 1881 {{Ranunculales-stub