Description
Wood anemone (nemorosus means: growing in the forest). A fast-growing, ground covering, rhizome-forming plant that is very wide spread (from Lapland to Italy, but also in Asia and North America). The wood anemone was already known in the 16th century. The flower colour is white with on the outside of the petals a blush of lilac-pink. A leaf rosette develops after flowering.
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.
