Anemonoides sylvestris
{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae}}
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|image=Anemone sylvestris flower 110503.jpg
|image_caption=In flower
|genus=Anemonoides
|species=sylvestris
|authority=(L.) Galasso, Banfi & Soldano
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Anemonoides sylvestris (syn. Anemone sylvestris), known as snowdrop anemone or snowdrop windflower, is a perennial plant flowering in spring, native to meadows and dry deciduous woodlands of central and western Europe and temperate Asia.{{r|powo}}{{r|mobotpf}} It forms spreading patches, sometimes aggressively spreading.{{r|mobotpf}}
Another name is wood anemone,{{Citation needed|date=November 2020|reason=Source of common name unknown}} but this more commonly refers to the European A. nemorosa or the North American A. quinquefolia.
Description
The species grows {{convert|1|-|1.5|ft}} tall with white flowers which bloom in April. Flowers have five petals with yellow anthers in the center and are fragrant.{{r|mobotpf}}
Cultivation
Cultivars include Anemonoides sylvestris 'Madonna'.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020|reason=Source unknown}}
References
External links
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- {{cite web |title=Plant Fact Sheet |url=https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/files/2014/11/Anemone-sylvestris.pdf |publisher=UW-Extension Horticulture Education Center |access-date=13 December 2020}}
- {{cite web |title=Anemone sylvestris |url=https://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantcollections/plantfinder/anemone_sylvestris--snowdrop_anemone |publisher=Chicago Botanic Garden |access-date=13 December 2020}}
- {{cite web |title=Anemone sylvestris L. |url=http://www.botanicalillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=63018 |website=plantillustrations.org |access-date=28 November 2020}}
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Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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