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Anemone / Windflower🌸
Anemone
アネモネ
The collective name for perennials in genus Anemone, buttercup family. About 150 species worldwide; Japanese natives include ichirin-sō, nirin-sō, kikuzaki-ichige, azuma-ichige, and shūmei-giku. The genus name derives from Greek meaning 'daughter of the wind'. The 'petals' are actually sepals. In horticulture the name usually refers to A. coronaria from the Mediterranean, grown for its vivid red, blue, and purple spring flowers as cut flowers.
Identification Points
- ✓Palmately or pinnately deeply lobed leaves
- ✓5–20 'petals' that are actually sepals; white, red, blue, or purple
- ✓Mostly spring-flowering but some autumn-flowering (shūmei-giku)
Habitat
Mountains (native); cultivated (flowerbeds, cut flowers)
Season
March to May (spring-flowering species)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf shape
Palmate
Growth form
Herb
Flower color
Red
Flowering season
Spring
Habitat
Cultivated
Phylogenetic Positionキンポウゲ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Basal eudicots > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (approx. 90–80 million years ago)
Sources & References
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