Anemone nemorosa 3

Anemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the buttercup family, native to Europe. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant less than 20 centimeters in height. The compound basal leaves are palmate or ternate. They grow from underground root-like stems called rhizomes and die back down by mid summer. The roots spread just below the soil surface, forming long spreading clumps that grow quickly, contributing to the rapid spread of the species in woodlands, where they often carpet large areas. The plants start blooming in spring, March to May soon after the foliage emerges from the ground. The flowers are solitary, held above the foliage on short stems, with a whorl of three palmate or palmately-lobed leaflike bracts beneath. The flowers are max. 2 centimeters diameter, with six or seven tepals with many stamens. In the wild the flowers are usually white.
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