Anemone narcissiflora Linnaeus var. shikokiana Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 58. 1902; Anemonastrum chosenicola (Ohwi) Holub; A. schantungense (Handel-Mazzetti) Holub; A. sikokianum (Makino) Holub; Anemone chosenicola Ohwi; A. chosenicola var. schantungensis (Handel-Mazzetti) Tamura; A. schantungensis Handel-Mazzetti.

Leaves 4--8; petiole 15--25(--32) cm, hirsute; leaf blade 3-parted, broadly rhombic to orbicular-reniform, 3--6(--10) × 2--5(--12) cm, ciliate and sericeous along veins or subglabrous, base cordate; segments 3-cleft for more than 1/2 their length or 3-cuspidate, flabellate-obovate, ultimate lobules obovate to narrowly ovate, sometimes falcate. Scapes 1--3, 25--40(--65) cm, sparsely pubescent or subglabrous; cyme simple or compound, 4--12 cm, 3--10-flowered. Involucral bracts 3--7; 3-parted or 3-cleft, flabellate or rhombic-obovate, 3--6 cm, ciliate or subglabrous. Bracteoles sometimes present, 3-lobed, 1.5--2 cm. Pedicel 4--6(--15) cm, hirsute. Sepals 4 or 5(or 6), white, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 7--10 × 4--6 mm, glabrous, basal veins 3--5, vein anastomoses absent, apex acuminate. Stamens 2--4 mm; filament linear, slightly dilated; anther narrowly ellipsoid. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Achene body broadly ellipsoid, 5--6 × 3--4 mm, glabrous, base narrowed; wings 0.5--0.6 mm wide; style basally hooked, 0.6--1 mm. Fl. Jun--Jul.

Grassy meadows or rocky slopes in mountainous regions; 600--1100 m. E Shandong [Japan].