Rabu, 16 Juni 2010

Yellow Anemone Blossoms

Yellow anemone (Anemone ranunculoides) is a low perennial in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). The species is threatened with extinction in the Netherlands. The plant is native to Central Europe and western Asia. In the Netherlands, the only plant in South Limburg in the wild. If stinzen plant at locations outside the yellow anemone in the rest of the Netherlands rare. Also, the plant is much planted in ornamental gardens. If stinzen plant is the species listed in 1683 for the woods and Haagse Bos.


The plant is 15-25 cm high and has creeping rhizomes. The stem of the leaves are bare root. The stem leaves are much longer than the petiole.


The yellow anemone blooms from March until May with a 1.5 cm wide, yellow flowers, often two or three sit together. The usually five petals, which are botanically sepals are hairy outside.


The fruit is an achene eenzadige. The seed is an ant sandwich.


The plant grows on nutrient-rich, moist, often calcareous soil in deciduous forests, scrub and between dikes.


The latex of the yellow anemone is slightly toxic, the substance in the juice protoanemonine occurs.

Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gele_anemoon

See Also: Flowers, Florist


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