Anemone stolonifera Maxim.

Rhizome prostrate, stolonlike, long, 1--2 mm in diam., also ascending, short, 3--5 mm in diam. Leaves 2--5(--8), developing before anthesis; petiole 8--20(--25) cm, puberulent distally, base sheathing, 6--9 mm wide, surrounded by fibrous remnants; leaf blade ternate, reniform-pentagonal, 2--5 × 4--8 cm, sparsely to densely puberulent; petiolules 2--6 mm; central leaflet 3-parted to 3-lobed, rhombic to broadly ovate, 2--6 × 1--4 cm, base cuneate, margin lobulate to dentate, ciliate, apex obtuse or acute, lobes and lobules ovate; lateral leaflets unequally 2-parted. Scapes 1--3, 15--20(--25) cm, scarcely pubescent distally; cyme 1--3-flowered. Involucral bracts more than 3; petiole 0.5--2 cm × 1--2 mm; bract blade 3-sect or 3-parted, rhombic-ovate, similar to that of leaves, 2--5 × 3--6 cm, puberulent; segments sessile, rhombic. Bracteoles 1--2 cm, entire, lanceolate. Pedicel 3--7 (--10) cm, puberulent. Sepals 5(or 6), white or pinkish, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 5--10 × 3--7 mm, sparsely or densely puberulent, basal veins 3--5, vein anastomoses absent, base narrowed, apex rounded. Stamens 2--5 mm; filament filiform, sometimes apically dilated; anther narrowly ellipsoid. Staminodes present between sepals and stamens, 1.8--3 × ca. 2 mm. Ovary obovoid, 1.5--2 mm, puberulent or subglabrous; style conic, very short, apically curved; stigma linear. Achene body ovoid, 3--4 × 1.5--2 mm, sparsely puberulent (hairs ca. 0.1 mm) or glabrous; style shortly curved or hooked, ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. Jun.

E Heilongjiang, Taiwan [Japan, Korea].

Broad-leaved and coniferous forests, mountainous regions; 1200--2600 m.

Anemone siuzevii Komarov; Anemonoides stolonifera (Maximowicz) Holub.