Anemonastrum flaccidum
| Anemonastrum flaccidum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Anemonastrum |
| Species: | A. flaccidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Anemonastrum flaccidum (Fr.Schmidt) Mosyakin[1] | |
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Anemonastrum flaccidum, commonly known as the flaccid anemone or soft windflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a low-growing perennial native to East Asia.[3]
Description
[edit]Anemonastrum flaccidum grows to about 0.1 m (4 in) tall.[4] It flowers from March to June, depending on the region.[4] The flowers are approximately 2 cm in diameter and have white sepals that resemble petals.[4]
Many stems bear two flower stalks, a characteristic that gives rise to the plant’s Japanese name, 二輪草 (nirinso, meaning "two-flowered plant").[4] The plant spreads by rhizomes and often forms dense colonies.[5]
Distribution
[edit]Anemonastrum flaccidum is native to the Amur River region, Sakhalin, central, eastern, and southern China, Korea, and Japan.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The species typically grows in moist, shaded environments such as forest floors, often near streams and ravines, in loose, peaty soils.[5]
Gallery
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Flower (with scale)
Flower close-up
Montage of sepals
Leaf- In a park in Tokyo
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References
[edit]- ↑ Phytoneuron 2018-55: 5 (2018)
- ↑ "Anemonastrum flaccidum (Fr.Schmidt) Mosyakin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- 1 2 "Anemonastrum flaccidum". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 1 2 3 4 "Nirinso (Anemone flaccida)". Orbis Pictus.
- 1 2 "Anemone flaccida". Hokkaido University.