Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Anemone L. [80]

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genus_en: Windflower

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Ranunculaceae

family_ja: キンポウゲ

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distribution_en: Cosmopolitan, esp. N.hemisphere

description_en: Genus of about 120 species of variable perennials from a wide range of habitats in temperate regions, mainly of the N. but also of the S. hemisphere. Anemones have rhizomatous, tuberous, fleshy, or fibrous rootstocks. They may be divided into 3 main groups: spring-flowering species, some with tubers or rhizomes, which are found in woodland and alpine pastures; tuberous Mediterranean and C. Asian species from areas with hot, dry summers, flowering in spring or early summer; and larger, mainly tall, herbaceous species with fibrous roots, occurring in moist, open woodland and grassy sites, and flowering from late summer to autumn. Most anemones produce both basal and stem leaves. The basal leaves are rounded to oval in outline, 3- to 7-palmate or palmately lobed, rarely entire, and mid- to dark green. The leaflets and lobes are often shallowly to deeply dissected or toothed, and may be either hairless or hairy. Smaller, stalkless or short-stalked stem leaves are often produced in a whorl beneath the flowers. Anemones are grown for their open saucer-shaped to shallowly cup-shaped flowers, each with a central boss of stamens. The flowers are solitary or borne in cymes or umbels, on branched or unbranched stems. Larger species are ideal for a border, smaller species for a woodland or rock garden. Some anemones, such as A. blanda and A. apennina, are excellent for naturalizing in a variety of sites. Contact with the sap may irritate skin.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to half hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe (use dry sand to rub hairs off the woolly-coated seeds); germination may be slow and erratic. Divide autumn-flowering anemones in early spring or autumn, growing on in containers for a year before planting out in spring. Separate the rhizomes of rhizomatous species in spring, or after the leaves have died down. Separate the tubers of tuberous species in summer, when dormant.

pests_en: Susceptible to leaf eelworms and, occasionally, anemone smut. All species are prone to leaf spot and powdery mildew, and to damage from caterpillars and slugs.

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comment:

comment_ja: イチリンソウ，ハクサンイチゲ，シュウメイギク

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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