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Anemonoides nemorosa (syn. Anemone nemorosa), the wood anemone, is an early-spring flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. Other common names include windflower, European thimbleweed, and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing tall.
The plants start blooming in spring, March to May in the British Isles (1981). 9780521232906, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521232906 soon after the foliage emerges from the ground. The are solitary, held above the foliage on short stems, with a whorl of three palmate or palmately-lobed leaflike bracts beneath. The flowers are diameter, with six or seven (and on rare occasions eight to ten) (petal-like segments) with many . In the wild the flowers are usually white but may be pinkish, lilac or blue, and often have a darker tint on the backs of the tepals.
Wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, which grows in similar shaded places, can be readily distinguished by its 3-parted, clover-like leaves and smaller flowers with only white petals and 5 sepals.Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press.
A. nemorosa is often found in shady woods. The species is common in the British Isles but it spreads very slowly there, by as little as six feet per century, so it is often used as an indicator for ancient woodland.
Those marked agm are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Anemonoides × lipsiensis, a hybrid between A. nemorosa and A. ranunculoides, has pale yellow flowers; A. × lipsiensis 'Pallida' is the best-known result of this cross. It has also been awarded the AGM.
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Ecology
The flowers are pollination by insects, especially hoverfly.Blank, S. and M. Wulf. on seed production and pollinator biology of Anemone nemorosa ( Buschwindröschen). Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF). 2008. The seeds are achenes.
In cultivation
Many have been selected for garden use, The RHS Plant Finder 2008–2009 lists 70 cultivars sold by nurseries in the UK. Some of the most widely available are:
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