#ranunculaceae

• Blue Siberian anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the temperate regions of Siberia and Eastern Russia. This rare forest plant prefers shaded habitats and humus-rich soils, standing out due to its solitary flowers of a delicate sky-blue or azure shade, supported by slender stems and surrounded by a whorl of deeply dissected cauline leaves.
• Poppy anemone — A species of tuberous perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Mediterranean region. It is highly valued as an ornamental plant and cut flower due to its large, solitary, cup-shaped flowers, vividly colored in shades of red, blue, purple, or white, often with a white ring at the base and a prominent center with numerous blackish-purple stamens.
• Dichotomous anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, distributed throughout the temperate regions of Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to Siberia and northern China. It grows mainly in damp meadows, floodplains, and forest edges, standing out due to its bifurcated (dichotomous) branched stem and its solitary or paired white flowers that appear in mid-summer.
• Haller's pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla halleri, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the high mountain regions of Central and Southern Europe (Alps, Carpathians, Balkans). This rare alpine species is remarkable for its dense pubescence, being completely covered in long, silky hairs that protect it from the cold, and for its large, erect, violet cup-shaped flowers that appear in early spring.
• Liverleaf — A scientific synonymous name for Hepatica nobilis, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to shaded forests in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. It is easily recognized by its winter-persistent basal leaves divided into three rounded lobes (resembling the shape of a liver) and by its early, solitary flowers of intense azure-blue, pink, or white, heralding the arrival of spring.
• Japanese anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to central and western China, but naturalized for centuries in Japan. It is highly popular in horticulture as an autumn-blooming ornamental plant, standing out due to its tall stature, large trifoliate leaves, and branched stems bearing numerous spectacular flowers with pink or white sepals and a center of bright yellow stamens.
• Leveille's anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the mountainous regions of central and southwestern China. This elegant garden plant prefers moist soils and partially shaded locations, recognized by its delicate pure white flowers that exhibit lavender or dull blue flushes on the reverse side of the sepals, completed in the center by a prominent cluster of deep violet stamens.
• Mexican anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the mountainous regions and pine-oak forests of Mexico and Central America. This warm-temperate plant develops erect stems, deeply lobed basal leaves, and solitary or clustered flowers with delicate cream-white or slightly greenish sepals, adapted to high-altitude forest ecosystems.
• Narcissus-flowered anemone — A scientific synonymous name for Anemonastrum narcissiflorum, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, widely distributed across mountain, subalpine, and alpine zones of Europe, Asia, and North America. It is easily recognized by its unique umbel-like inflorescences, which cluster several large, immaculate white (or rarely pink) flowers, resembling the arrangement of daffodils.
• Wood anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the temperate forests of Europe and Asia. Commonly known as the wood anemone, it grows in early spring, forming dense carpets before trees open their canopy. The plant features a horizontal underground rhizome, deeply divided trifoliate leaves, and a single solitary flower, pure white or slightly pinkish, with numerous yellow stamens in the center.
• Palmate anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the western Mediterranean region, including Spain, Portugal, Southern France, and parts of North Africa. It stands out due to its unique, subrotund basal leaves that are palmately lobed (resembling a palm), and its solitary, bright golden-yellow or rarely white flowers, supported by erect and hairy stems.
• Eastern pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla patens, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, widely distributed across the cold and temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. It is famous as an early prairie or steppe wildflower, developing densely pubescent stems and large, erect, chalice-shaped flowers colored in shades from pale blue-violet to purple, often opening before the leaves fully emerge.
• Peacock anemone — A species of tuberous perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region (particularly Greece, Turkey, and the Balkans). It is closely related to Anemone coronaria but is distinguished by its large flowers with narrower and more numerous sepals, vividly colored in brilliant shades of bright red, pink, purple, or white, often featuring a pale or yellow central ring and a dark disc in the middle.
• Many-flowered anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the mountainous regions of the Himalayas, Pakistan, northern India, and Nepal. It grows at high altitudes on alpine meadows and rocky slopes, recognized by its rich, umbel-like simple or compound inflorescences that cluster numerous large, immaculate white or slightly pinkish flowers, supported by vigorous and densely pubescent stems.
• Small pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla pratensis, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to steppes, dry meadows, and sparse forests of Central and Eastern Europe. The plant is covered in long, silky hairs and is recognized by its characteristic nodding (drooping) flowers, shaped like a narrow bell and colored in a deep, dark violet or almost blackish hue, appearing in early spring.
• Pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla vulgaris, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to calcareous grasslands and sunny slopes across Europe. This early spring plant is entirely covered in a dense layer of silky hairs, standing out due to its large, erect or slightly nodding, deep violet bell-shaped flowers, with a striking contrast generated by the bright golden-yellow stamens in the center.
• Yellow wood anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the temperate forests of Europe and Western Asia. Commonly known as the yellow wood anemone, this spring ephemeral plant grows rapidly in shaded and moist deciduous woodlands, standing out due to its horizontal rhizome, deeply divided cauline leaves, and its solitary or paired bright golden-yellow flowers.
• Richardson's anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, with an arctic and alpine distribution, native to the cold regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia. This small plant grows in moist habitats, such as tundras, bogs, and stream banks, standing out due to its slender, yellow, creeping rhizomes, deeply three-lobed basal leaves, and solitary bright yellow flowers supported by delicate stems.
• Riverside anemone — A scientific synonymous name for Eriocapitella rivularis, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to a wide range across Asia (Himalayas, India, China, Nepal). This vigorous garden plant prefers stream banks, floodplains, and damp meadows, standing out due to its tall, branched stems that bear numerous immaculate white flowers, whose sepals have a blue-indigo or violet reverse, highlighting the azure stamens in the center.
• Snowdrop anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to dry grasslands, woodland edges, and sunny clearings of Central and Eastern Europe to Siberia. Commonly known as the snowdrop anemone or wood anemone, this vigorous plant is remarkable for its dense clumps, deeply lobed leaves, and large, solitary or paired pure white flowers with a delicate fragrance and bright yellow central stamens, followed by woolly seed heads.