Perennial herb to about 60 cm tall. Leaves palmate, with 5-7 oblong to obovate, grey, large-toothed leaflets, hairy above and below. Flowers yellow, with deeply notched petals; summer.
N Africa, Eurasia. This species has become naturalised in cooler regions of NSW, Vic and Tas.
Source: (2002). Rosaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Flowers pale yellow. ['Sulphurea']
Flowers bright yellow. ['Macrantha']