Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa
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 CalowBurbage Common and Woods07 April 2015
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods07 April 2015
David NichollsUlverscroft NR16 April 2011
David NichollsBurroughs Wood28 April 2013 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4605 9415 (taken 26.4.2006).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote26 April 2006
 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4605 9415 (taken 26.4.2006).JPG)
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Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods07 April 2015
David NichollsUlverscroft NR16 April 2011
David NichollsSheet Hedges Wood21 April 2012
David NichollsJubilee Walk, Leire29 March 2011
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods11 April 2011
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods12 April 2011
David NichollsUlverscroft NR16 April 2011
David NichollsBurbage Wood12 April 2012
David NichollsSheet Hedges Wood21 April 2012
David NichollsBurroughs Wood28 April 2013
