Anemone nemorosa
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Growing form
Perennial herb.
Size
8–30 cm high.
Stem
The stem is erect, simple, sparsely pubescent or glabrous, and often reddish. The rhizome is creeping and brown.
Leaf
There are one or two long-petiolate basal leaves that wither early. The lamina of the leaves is up to 15 cm wide and ternate. The leaflets are rather broad, bi- or tripartite or bi- or trilobate, and serrate. The cauline leaves are smaller and arranged in a whorl or three leaves below the flower. The petiole is typically 20–30 mm long.
Flower
The flower is typically solitary and 2.5–4 cm wide. The pedicel is 2.5–7.5 cm long. The flowers are bisexual. The perianth is corolla-like typically with 6–7 tepals. The tepals are white, often with hint of red, and glabrous on the abaxial side or occasionally glabrate near the base. The stamens are yellow.
Fruit and seed
The fruit is a short-beaked, pubescent achene (4–5 mm).
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
- Total squares
- valkovuokko (Finnish)
- vitsippa (Swedish)
- 1 - spreading in the wild; to a small degree of cultivated origin
- AOV - spontaneous, old, resident
Vascular Plant species that are protected in the regions of North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lapland (NCD 2023/1066, Appendix 5) ? Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ? Regionally Threatened 2020 - 3b Middle boreal, Northern Carelia–Kainuu ?
- 2019 LC – Least Concern
- 2010 LC – Least Concern
- 2000 LC – Least Concern
- Pertti Uotila
- Vascular plants
- Spring flowers