Japan Flora: Decumbent or prostrate at base, then ascending to erect, 30-50 cm. high, softly pubescent; leaves petiolate, depressed-orbicu­lar, 3- to 5-lobed to below the middle, the lobes obovate, obtuse, shallowly 3-fid, irregularly few-toothed, appressed-pilose above, with curved ascending hairs on nerves beneath, the stipules free, narrow; flowers in pairs, 1-1.2 cm. across, pale rose or rose-purple, short-pubescent, with long spreading glandular hairs on sepals and pedicels; free portion of styles about 2 mm. long.  July-Oct. Grassy places in lowlands.

Hok­kaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Kuriles, Ryukyus, For­mosa, Korea, and China.