Anemone (flower)

Anemone (flower)

Alternative Names (異名):
Anemone

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Anemone (A-ne-mó-ne, from the Gr. Άνεμος, wind), is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones. They are closely related to Pasque flower (Pulsatilla) and Hepatica (Hepatica); some botanists include both of these genera within Anemone.

The plants are perennial herbs with an underground rootstock, and radical, more or less deeply cut, leaves. The elongated flower stem bears one or several, white, red, blue or rarely yellow, flowers; there is an involucre of three leaflets below each flower. The fruits often bear long hairy styles which aid their distribution by the wind ("windflower" is a common name sometimes used for members of the genus).

The Anemone coronaria ("Kalanit" in Hebrew) is one of the most well known and beloved flowers in Israel. During the British Mandate of Palestine British soldiers were nicknamed "Kalaniyot" for their red berrets.

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Species

There are about 120 species, including:

Anemone acutiloba
Anemone apennina — Blue Anemone
Anemone baicalensis
Anemone baldensis
Anemone biarmiensis
Anemone biflora
Anemone blanda — Greek Windflower
Anemone bucharica
Anemone canadensis
Anemone capensis
Anemone caroliniana
Anemone caucasica
Anemone chinensis
Anemone coerulea
Anemone coronaria — Poppy Anemone
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone deltoidea
Anemone demissa
Anemone dichotoma
Anemone drummondii
Anemone elongata
Anemone eranthoides
Anemone fanninii
Anemone flaccida
Anemone glauciifolia
Anemone gortschakowii
Anemone heldreichiana
Anemone hepatica - also called Hepatica nobilis
Anemone hortensis
Anemone hupehensis — Chinese Anemone
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica — Japanese Anemone
Anemone keiskeana
Anemone lancifolia
Anemone leveillei
Anemone lithophila
Anemone magellanica
Anemone mexicana
Anemone multifida
Anemone narcissiflora — Narcissus Anemone, 바람꽃
Anemone nemorosa — Wood Anemone
Anemone nikoensis - 꿩의 바람꽃
Anemone occidentalis - Western pasqueflower
Anemone palmata
Anemone parviflora
Anemone pavonina
Anemone petiolulosa
Anemone polyanthes
Anemone quinquefolia — Wood Anemone
Anemone raddeana
Anemone ranunculoides — Yellow Woodland Anemone
Anemone reflexa
Anemone richardsonii - Yellow Anemone
Anemone riparia
Anemone rivularis
Anemone rupicola
Anemone sibirica
Anemone stolonifera - 세바람꽃
Anemone sylvestris — Snowdrop Windflower
Anemone tetrasepala
Anemone tomentosa
Anemone trifolia
Anemone trullifolia
Anemone tschernjaewii
Anemone tuberosa
Anemone villosissima
Anemone virginiana
Anemone vitifolia
Anemone zephyra

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Cultivation and uses

Many of the species are favourite garden plants; among the best known is Anemone coronaria, often called the poppy anemone, a tuberous-rooted plant, with parsley-like divided leaves, and large showy poppy-like blossoms on stalks of from 15–20 cm high; the flowers are of various colours, but the principal are scarlet, crimson, blue, purple and white. There are also double-flowered varieties, in which the stamens in the centre are replaced by a tuft of narrow petals. It is an old garden favourite, and of the double forms there are named varieties.

They grow best in a loamy soil, enriched with well-rotted manure, which should be dug in below the tubers. These may be planted in October, and for succession in January, the autumn-planted ones being protected by a covering of leaves or short stable litter. They will flower in May and June, and when the leaves have ripened should be taken up into a dry room till planting time. They are easily raised from the seed, and a bed of the single varieties is a valuable addition to a flower-garden, as it affords, in a warm situation, an abundance of handsome and often brilliant spring flowers, almost as early as the snowdrop or crocus. Anemone thrives in partial shade, or in full sun provided they are shielded from the hottest sun in southern areas. A well-drained slightly acid soil, enriched with compost, is ideal.

The genus contains many other spring-flowering plants, of which A. hortensis and A. fulgens have less divided leaves and splendid rosy-purple or scarlet flowers; they require similar treatment. Anemone hupehensis, and its white cultivar 'Honorine Joubert', the latter especially, are amongst the finest of autumn-flowering hardy perennials; they grow well in light soil, and reach 60–100 cm in height, blooming continually for several weeks. A group of dwarf species, represented by the native British A. nemorosa and A. apennina, are amongst the most beautiful of spring flowers for planting in woods and shady places.

Anemone species are sometimes targeted by cutworms, the larvae of noctuid moths such as Angle Shades and Heart and Dart.

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Meaning

The meaning of the anemone flower is "forsaken" and also "a dying hope". The flower Anemone could also be used to signify Anticipation.

Citrus hystrix leaf

Citrus hystrix leaf

Description	English: Citrus hystrix leaf Korean: 카피르 라임 잎
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Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Description	Caliente Peak (1556 m—5106 ft) and the Caliente Range — seen from the Carrizo Plain with native Spring wildflowers, in Carrizo Plain National Monument. Caliente Peak is the highest summit in the Caliente Mountains, which are in the southern Inner California Coast Ranges System. Located in eastern San Luis Obispo County, central California. The view is to the southwest, from the foothills at the southwest edge of the Carrizo Plain.
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Goldfields, Carrizo Plain

Goldfields, Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Description	Goldfields (Lasthenia species). At Carrizo Plain National Monument — located in eastern San Luis Obispo County, central California. One of the most abundant ground-covering flowering plants in normal to wet years in the Carrizo Plain. Subtle sweet scent, especially on warm days. They flower until early May in most years 카리조 대평원의 노란 라세니아
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Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Description	Flowery Hills The east side of the Carrizo plain, in the Temblor Range, about 50 miles due west of Bakersfield, California. Photo taken by Barbara Mathews on May 14, 2005
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Red Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

Red Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

Description	Red Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)
Date	13 December 2004
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Peach Blossom

Peach Blossom

Description	Peach Blossom (Amygdalus persica L.)
Date	13 December 2004
Source	—, ed., "Our State Flowers: The Floral Emblems Chosen by the Commonwealths", The National Geographic Magazine, XXXI (June 1917), p. 507.
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