The species name peregrina is Latin for "exotic, alien, foreign, strange, from foreign lands", possibly because the species is the only one of its genus outside of North America.[1]
In Japanese, the plant (kusa)[2] is named for the buds, which look like the head of a horse (koma).[3]
Description
Leaves are gray-green, glaucous, and deeply cut, with linear lobes.
Flowers have four rose-purple, pink, cream, pale yellow, or white petals and two tiny sepals. Outer petals are pouched at the base and strongly bent back at the ends. Inner petals are long and protruding, connected at the end.
A plant in early spring before flowering on Mount Ontake
