Perennial to 1 m tall, rootstock short. Leaves divided 2-3 times, hairless. Leaflets obovate to 3 cm long, margin scalloped. Flowers usually bisexual, dark purple. Sepals 4-5, apple green. Stamens erect, longer than the sepals, the filaments purple, pink or white; spring to summer. Fruits long stalked, 3-angled, pendulous achenes.

Europe &temperate Asia

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Ranunculaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.