Anemone nemorosa, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 218

1. A. nemorosa L. , Sp. Pl. 541 (1753) .

Rhizome brown, creeping. Basal leaves 1-2, 3-partite, divisions shortly stalked and again deeply lobed; petioles long. Flowering stems 6-30 cm; cauline leaves without buds in their axils, similar to basal leaves but smaller and petioles flattened; marginal hairs 0- 5-0-75 mm. Perianth-segments (5—)6—7(— 12), white, flushed with pink or purple beneath (rarely entirely purple or blue), oblong-ovate, glabrous. Anthers yellow. Achenes downy. Heads of achenes nodding. 2« = 28-32, 37, 42, 45, 46. Most of Europe, but rare in the Mediterranean region. All except Az BI Cr Fa Is Lu Rs (E) Sa Sb Si.

An isolated population in arctic Russia (Poluostrov Kol’skij), with 9-12 perianth-segments, is somewhat intermediate between 1 and 2. Sterile hybrids between 1 and 4 occur where the parents grow together.