Astrantia major L.

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: Spencer, R. (2002). Apiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. 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.

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Astrantia major 'Alba'

Flowers white.

Astrantia major 'Rose Symphony'

Flowers silvery-rose-coloured. ['Rosensinfonie']

Astrantia major 'Rosea'

Flowers dark pink.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Apiales
family       Apiaceae
genus        Astrantia L.