Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa

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Description

A hairless plant with rhizomes - it is usually about 20 cm in height. Basal leaves usually appearing after the flower. Flowers are white, often flushed with pink or blue outside, solitary half nodding or erect and 20 to 40 mm across.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Woodland, woodland rides or clearings, copses.

When to see it

March to May.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Common throughout Britain.

VC55 Status

Common in suitable areas of Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 137 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    07 April 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    07 April 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft NR
    16 April 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Burroughs Wood
    28 April 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    26 April 2006
  • AJ Cann
    Cloud Wood
    02 April 2017

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Wood Anemone
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Ranunculales
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
213
First record:
26/04/2006 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
09/07/2024 (Isabel Raval)

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  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    07 April 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft NR
    16 April 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Sheet Hedges Wood
    21 April 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Jubilee Walk, Leire
    29 March 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    11 April 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    12 April 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft NR
    16 April 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Burbage Wood
    12 April 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Sheet Hedges Wood
    21 April 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Burroughs Wood
    28 April 2013
  • Robert Sayer
    Leicester, Knighton Spinney
    28 March 2022
  • Robert Sayer
    Leicester, Knighton Spinney
    28 March 2022