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Eriocapitella rupicola

Eriocapitella rupicola is a perennial rock-loving buttercup-family plant from Central and East Asia, grown in rock gardens for its white anemone-like flowers. It thrives in sharp drainage and cool, partly shaded conditions.

Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during growth, but let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty soil or rock-garden mix, such as loam with added grit or stone chips.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; comfortable at about 5–25 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Afghanistan to SC. China
Climate
temperate

About

Eriocapitella rupicola, a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, is native to Asia. The specific epithet rupicola means "growing on rocks". In Chinese, the plant is called yánshēng yínliánhuā (岩生銀蓮花), which means "rock anemone".

How to grow it

The cultivar Eriocapitella rupicola 'Wild Swan' won the Plant of the Year Award at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2011. It is said to be a cross between E. rupicola and E. hupehensis.

Other Eriocapitella plants

Himalayan Windflower · Eriocapitella vitifolia · Hubei Anemone · Japanese Anemone · Japanese Thimbleweed · Himalayan Windflower · Grape Leaved Anemone · Fall Blooming Anemones

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriocapitella rupicola 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.

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