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Anemone nemorosa

Anemone nemorosa.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Anemone nemorosa.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

wood anemone

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Anemone nemorosa L.

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1958

Origin

Europe

Other information

Etymology

anemone: From Greek ánemos ‘wind’. Name means ‘daughter of the wind’. The name ‘windflower’ is used for the whole genus.

nemorosa: From the Latin nemorosus ‘pertaining to woods or groves’