Anemone trifolia

Three Leaf Anemone from Carinthia

The three- leaf anemone (Anemone trifolia ) is a plant of the family Ranunculaceae ( Ranunculaceae ).

Features

The species is a perennial herbaceous plant, a Geophyt with a whitish " rhizome " ( rhizome ). It reaches a height 10 to 30 inches. In contrast to the more common wood anemone portions of the stem leaves the three- bladed wind roses are not divided, but cut regularly. The three-piece stem leaves are whorled together (as with all Windflower (Anemone ), because this is a common genus-specific feature ). The remaining leaves are basal. At each stalk usually only one flower are formed. Each flower has six tepals mostly. In each flower are many stamens, the anthers are ( bluish) white. Flowering time is April and June.

Dissemination

The Three Leaf Anemone has its main distribution in the Southern Alps and Southwestern Europe. It comes in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, in the former Yugoslavia and Greece. In Austria it is found in Lower and Upper Austria, Carinthia, Salzburg and East Tyrol. In Styria, where it was considered extinct, it was rediscovered in Upper Styria. In Germany it is not native.

Occurrence

The three- leaf anemone grows in deciduous forests, also in thickets. It is kalkliebend and grows in the hill and montane zone ( up to 1800 m above sea level ).