Hi Signet! I am thinking it is an Anemone such as Anemone sylvestris. (OMG I have an email started I promise.)

Hi Peren.all .........Oh ! OH ! OH ! I do believe you have nailed it . ( why I thought it started with a C is beyond me ....my mind does many weird and wonderful things to me LOL !) Thank you so much for the id !!!! Gonna make a tag right now to replace the one lost.

Could the 'C' have been Anemone canadensis?

Are we all quite convinced that's not beat up astrantia foliage?

No we're not. In fact that was my first thought. But I've never seen A sylvestris foliage or canadensis in the flesh, so can't compare.

Astrantia most likely wouldn't be considered early spring in my neck of the woods. Signet, do you have a photo to share of the whole plant?

The picture interested me because it looks nothing like my anemones but is a dead ringer for my Monkshood which is very poisonous. Not saying that's what it is but please wash skin well with soap and water as poison is absorbed thru skin

What do the flowers look like? There is a spring or early flowering monkshood/Aconitum, but its flowers come in tall spires and they are a creamy white. The flowers of the spring blooming Anemone sylvestris are a more typiical flower shape, flat with petals surrounding a center.

If those leaves are stalked (not basal) then that is not anemone canadensis or likely sylvestris, and maybe we should look at the hardy geraniums like G maculatum.

From the last photo, I couldn't tell if those leaves were on a stalk..it kinda looked like that...but may be just angle. Oh never mind, someone posted a photo of aconitum to confuse me.

May have to just wait for a post of the flower, which will resolve pretty much all uncertainties.

Sorry DBarron didn't mean to add confusion just really struck me how much the leaves looked like Monkshood. Please my apologies. G