Taprooted plant, with leafy stem 80-100 cm. Leaves bi- or -triternate, lobes ovate, long-cuneate at base, bright green on both sides, with slight pubescent beneath. Flowers 7-8 cm diam., creamy. Ovary pubescent, stigma and stamen filaments dark red. V - early spring to mid autumn, in St. Petersburg April-October. Fl - May-June. Fr - August. Tolerates partial shade, does well in full sun on well-drained soil. Z 4.

Caucasus (Abkhazia). Mountain forests, clearings.