Japan Flora: Rather soft, erect annual with spreading long soft hairs, becoming glandular in the upper ones; stcm-lcavcs petio- late, 5-angled, 3 (-5)-sected, soft, 3-6 cm. wide, the median segments broadly ovate, obtuse to acute, rather pinnatcly dissected, narrowed to a petiolelike base, the lobes finely dissected and incised; stipules free, small, membranous; peduncles 2- flowered, with long spreading glandular hairs; flowers pale rose, 8-12 mm. across; petals 8-10 mm. long, narrowed to the base; free portion of style about 0.8 mm. long. May-Aug. Mountains.
Honshu (Mount Ibuki in Oomi), Shikoku. Formosa, China, Himalayas, Europe, N. Africa, and N. America.