Most garden cultivars of Chinese or Japanese Anemone are in fact horticultural hybrids that involved Eriocapitella japonica (syn. Anemone japonica), Eriocapitella hupehensis (syn. Anemone hupehensis), Eriocapitella tomentosa (syn. Anemone tomentosa) and Eriocapitella vitifolia (Anemone vitifolia).
Even some wild growing populations, especially of Eriocapitella japonica in China are probably the result of escaped garden plants.