The Anemone plants are perennial herbs with an underground rootstock, and radical, more or less deeply cut leaves. Anemones are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Ranunculales, family Ranunculaceae. The name Anemone comes from Greek and roughly means wind flower, which signifies that the wind that blows the petal open will also, eventually, blow the dead petals away. The pasqueflower is sometimes included in Anemone. Similar to the anemone is the wild rue anemone of another buttercup-family genus ( Anemonella or Syndesmon). coronaria), native to the Mediterranean area. Grown originally in the Mediterranean basin, the poppy anemone grows best in USDA hardiness zones 7 through 9. japonica) for gardens and the florists' poppy anemones ( A. The species anemones, which resemble small Oriental poppies with their red. The most common cultivated kinds include the tall, autumn-flowering Japanese anemone ( A.

Del Higueron, Del Indico, Del Mar, Del Mediterraneo, Del Norte, Del Olivar, Del Pacifico. quinquefolia), sometimes known specifically as windflower, and the greenish-white-flowered tall anemone, or thimbleweed ( A. Andromeda, Andujar, Anemona, Aneto, Angel Riva Resines. Heliactis bellis 13) Cloak anemone (Adamsia palliata) 15) Astroides calycularis 18) Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone (Anemonia sulcata) 20) Aiptasia mutabilis 21) Bunodes 22) Giant tube worms (Riftia pachyptila. Find high-quality royalty-free vector images that. Best known of the wild kinds are the white- or purplish-flowered wood anemone ( A. Choose from Sea Anemone stock illustrations from iStock. It is poisonous but was formerly used medicinally.

Anemones contain an acrid compound called anemonin.

The name windflower is accounted for in several ways, one of which is Pliny's statement that anemone blossoms are opened by the wind. It is said to have sprung from the blood of Adonis Romans considered it valuable in preventing fever it has been applied for bruises and freckles for some it is tainted with evil and by the Chinese it has been associated with death. A rich legendary history has gained the anemone many names and attributes. Anemone (ənĕmˈənē) or windflower, any of the perennial herbs, wild or cultivated, of the genus Anemone of the family Ranunculaceae ( buttercup family). DISTRIBUZIONE: Mar Mediterraneo, Oceano Atlantico nordorientale. anemone (n.) flowering plant genus, 1550s, from French anemone (16c., corrected from Old French anemoine) and directly from Latin anemone, from Greek anemone 'wind flower,' literally 'daughter of the wind,' from anemos 'wind' (cognate with Latin anima, from PIE root ane-'to breathe') + -one feminine patronymic suffix.

Anemona mediterraneo