Propagation
Sow fresh seed during summer in pots and keep warm and moist. Transplant into a prepared bed after 2-3 true leaves appear and keep moist.

Botanic information
Leaf: The pubescent palmately lobed lower leaves are almost divided completely into 3-5 linear to lanceolate segments with serrated margins and are up to 20mm (¾ in) wide. The upper stem leaves are similar with slender lobes and the pubescent petiole is long.

Flower: The pink to purplish cyathiform flowers have 5-spreading petals and purplish-red exserted stamens. The pointed sepals are up to 6mm (¼ in) long and the slender pedicle is long. They appear solitary or in a small cluster amongst the foliage during midsummer.

Fruit: The flat rounded schizocarpic fruit has up to 20 glaborous rugose mericarps that have a single cell and contain a single seed. They are indehiscent and are arranged in a whorl.