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Anemone ranunculoides
Also called Yellow Anemone, Yellow woodland anemone, Yellow Woodland Thimbleweed
A small, spring-flowering woodland perennial with bright yellow flowers that grows from spreading rhizomes and dies back by midsummer. It is a species of the buttercup family, and it spreads quickly in woodland conditions and in gardens.
Anemonoides ranunculoides (syn. Anemone ranunculoides), the yellow anemone, yellow wood anemone, or buttercup anemone, is a species of herbaceous and perennial plant that grows in forests across Europe to western Asia, and less frequently in the Mediterranean region. It is occasionally found as a garden escape.
The plant is widely grown as a garden plant, especially by rock garden and alpine garden enthusiasts. It has been awarded an Award of Garden Merit or AGM by the Royal Horticultural Society. The RHS describes it as H4 (hardy throughout the British Isles). The double-flowered form 'Pleniflora' (sometimes listed as 'Flore Pleno') is also a recipient of the award. 'Frank Waley', a larger-growing, more robust cultivar, is sometimes available, as are the miniature subspecies A. ranunculoides subsp. wockeana and a selection known as 'Laciniata', with finely divided leaves.
The native range of Anemonoides ranunculoides extends across Continental Europe to southwest Siberia, reaching as far south as the Caucasus Mountains in Turkey. The species has been introduced into Great Britain and elsewhere. In Canada, there is a naturalized population at a well-known site in Quebec.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anemonoides ranunculoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
