Distribution: Introduced as a garden flower, occasionally escaping.

Habitat: Disturbed soil near gardens.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Introduced

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees

Herbaceous perennial, the stem tall and branching.

Leaves mostly basal, reduced upward; leaf blades triternate, dull green, the leaflets with rounded lobes.

Flowers few, large; nodding; sepals 5, petal-like, oblong-lanceolate, slightly drooping, usually violet, but occasionally white or pink, especially in escapes; petals 5, usually violet, the spur strongly hooked; stamens numerous.

Follicles 5.