Acer caesium
Acer caesium, the Himalayan maple, is an Asian species of maple found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China.
Acer caesium is a tree up to tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to long, with teeth along the edges.
Acer caesium subspecies giraldii grows to approximately tall, and is found in north-western China. The flowers are a bluish white and born on young shoots in the spring. The subspecies epithet is a patronym honoring Italian missionary Giraldi.