The "Azuma-ichige" (Anemone raddeana) belongs to Ranunculaceae (the Buttercup family). It is a perennial herb that is distributed to the Pacific Ocean Side of Japan, from Hokkaido to Kyushu, as well as Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, China and Amur. This herb grows in outskirts or floors of deciduous forests and can reach 15-20 cm in height. The leaves are 3-lobed compounds, 3 whorled and drooping. The white flowers come on the shoot apexes in March to May. The sepals are petal-like and have 8-12 lobes that are tinged pale peach bloom on the reversesides. The terrestrial is blighted and diapause in June.
§ Features (compared to "Kikuzaki-ichige")
(1) The tip of the leaf is round and does not cut deeply. Slightly dripping.
(2) The calyx is narrow and the center is purple.
(3) The peduncle often has no hair. (Sometimes hairy)