Perennial herb to 1 m tall. Leaves mostly basal and divided into 3-7 segments; margins toothed or lobed. Flowers with showy, long-pointed, pink-tipped bracts, with prominent venation above and whitish below; summer. [A. carniolica var. major]
Europe
Source: (2002). Apiaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Flowers white.
Astrantia major 'Rose Symphony'
Flowers silvery-rose-coloured. ['Rosensinfonie']
Flowers dark pink.