Anemone nemorosa L.

Perennial herb 15–30 cm tall, with creeping rhizome. Basal lvs few, 3-foliolate; petioles glabrous or very sparsely hairy, shallowly sulcate, 10–20 cm long; leaflets lobed up to 1/2 way, sometimes more deeply, petiolulate, serrate, glabrous or very sparsely hairy on surfaces, bristly on margins, light green above, paler beneath, cuneate at base, acute at apex, 3–6 × 3–6 cm. Subfloral lvs similar, smaller. Fls erect, 2–3 cm diam., solitary; peduncles tomentose, 4–10 cm long. Perianth segments (5)–6–7–(9), white, flushed with pink or purple beneath, glabrous. Achenes downy, in nodding heads.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Oct.–Nov.