Anemone nemorosa

Perennial herb.

8–30 cm high.

The stem is erect, simple, sparsely pubescent or glabrous, and often reddish. The rhizome is creeping and brown.

There are one or two long-petiolate basal leaves that wither early. The lamina of the leaves is up to 15 cm wide and ternate. The leaflets are rather broad, bi- or tripartite or bi- or trilobate, and serrate. The cauline leaves are smaller and arranged in a whorl or three leaves below the flower. The petiole is typically 20–30 mm long.

The flower is typically solitary and 2.5–4 cm wide. The pedicel is 2.5–7.5 cm long. The flowers are bisexual. The perianth is corolla-like typically with 6–7 tepals. The tepals are white, often with hint of red, and glabrous on the abaxial side or occasionally glabrate near the base. The stamens are yellow.

The fruit is a short-beaked, pubescent achene (4–5 mm).