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Ranunculaceae
Wood Anemone
Anemonoides nemorosa
Anticipation, protection from evil, fragility.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Anemonoides
- Native to
- Europe
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- Rhizomatous perennial
- Height
- 10–20 cm
- Sunlight
- Part shade to full shade
- Soil
- Rich, moist, woodland
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 4–8
- Lifespan
- Long-lived; ephemeral
Did you know
- Wood anemones spread incredibly slowly — about six feet per century — so a large carpet of them in an old woodland indicates ancient forest that has never been plowed.
- Each flower closes at night and on rainy days, drooping its head to protect the pollen from being washed away.
- The name 'anemone' means 'wind flower' in Greek, from a myth that the flowers only opened when the wind blew them apart.
- Wood anemones have a faint musky scent that earned them the old country name 'smell fox'.
- They're often used as an indicator species for ancient woodland in British conservation surveys.
Color meanings
White
Sincere expectation