Poppy anemone
Anemone coronaria
Synonyms: Anemone coronaria var. alba, Anemone coronaria var. rissoana, Anemone coronaria var. phaenicea, Anemone coccinea, Anemone ventreana, Anemone coronaria var. depauperata, Anemone mouansii, Anemone coronaria subsp. ventreana, Anemone coronaria var. plena, Anemone coronaria var. incisa, Anemone albiflora, Anemone coronaria subsp. minor, Anemone coronaria var. grassensis, Anemone grassensis, Anemone coronaria var. mouansii, Anemone rosea, Pulsatilla coronaria, Anemone coronaria f. albiflora, Anemone coronarioides, Anemone praestabilis, Anemone coronaria f. parviflora, Anemone coronaria var. rosea, Anemone oenanthe, Anemone messarensis, Anemone coronaria var. coccinea, Anemone coronaria var. ventreana, Anemone coronaria subsp. cyanea, Anemone coronaria var. chrysanthemifolia, Anemone coronaria var. coerulea, Anemone kusnetzowii, Anemone coronaria var. nobilis, Anemone coronaria subsp. mouansii, Anemone rissoana, Anemone coronaria var. albiflora, Anemone nobilis, Anemone coronaria var. parviflora, Anemone coronaria f. rosea, Anemone rosea var. mouansii, Anemone coronaria var. purpurea, Anemone coronaria var. cyanea, Anemone eunrenia
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Botanical Description
Anemone coronaria, the poppy anemone, is a tuberous perennial herb in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) growing 20–40 cm tall from a hard black tuber. It forms a basal rosette of leaves divided into three leaflets, each deeply lobed and parsley-like, with a whorl of finely dissected involucral bracts borne high on the flowering stem. From April to June a single showy flower 3–8 cm across is produced on each stem, with 5–8 silky tepals — typically scarlet but also white, blue, pink or purple — surrounding a black centre formed by a tightly packed mass of pistils ringed by numerous dark stamens. The species is native to the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, ranging from Greece, Albania and southern Turkey through Syria and Iraq to northern Arabia and the Sinai, and has been cultivated as a cut flower since at least the late 16th century.
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Traditional American Uses
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