Anemone ×hybrida Paxton

Perennial herb 50–150 cm tall, with creeping rhizomes. Basal lvs few, 3-foliolate; petioles sparsely appressed-tomentose, sulcate, (10)–15–40 cm long; leaflets 3–5-lobed up to 1/2 way, petiolulate, 2-serrate, bristly or sparsely hispid, green above, pale beneath, cordate at base, unevenly so on lateral leaflets, acute at apex, 5–12–(20) × 3–9–(15) cm. Subfloral lvs similar, smaller, becoming simple, 3-lobed, cuneate at base. Fls erect, 4–8 cm diam., (1)–3–8 in umbels; pedicels tomentose, 5–25 cm long. Perianth segments 7–14–(20), pink or rarely white, tomentose beneath, usually glabrous above. Achenes not maturing.

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

Flowering: Feb.–Apr.