Erect plant with a branching growth habit. Flowers reddish purple to pink, 3 cm in diameter, flowering begins mid to late June. Leaves mostly basal and long-stalked, palmate, divided into 3 to 5 lobes. Typical leaf measured at 13 cm in diameter. Entire plants are sticky to the touch, but particularly the flowering stems and flower clusters. Leaves and stem pubescent.
Found in Saskatchewan in meadows in the Cypress Hills
Quite a showy garden plant.
Height listed in the guides to 90 cm.
Above photos taken July 8th, west block of the Cypress Hills,
about 450 km southwest of our home in Regina, SK.
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