Intro: 1978. Collected in Spain, Picos de Europa, Puerto de San Glorio. Initially the flower is white, but the colour quickly changes to deep pink. The leaf segments are wide, i.e. not finely branched. The leaves are brown when they emerge and later become green.
Intro: 1978. Collected in Spain, Picos de Europa, Puerto de San Glorio. Initially the flower is white, but the colour quickly changes to deep pink. The leaf segments are wide, i.e. not finely branched. The leaves are brown when they emerge and later become green.
BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF RANUNCULACEAE
Anemone or windflower. Origin: from Southeast Europe to Central Asia. Carolus Clusius introduced this plant to the Netherlands over 400 years ago.
Anemones are particularly loved for their contrasting, bright colors. There are as many as 70 known species. According to a Greek legend: The tears that Aphrodite wept for the dying Adonis rolled onto the earth and turned into anemones.
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