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Paraquilegia anemonoides is a small cushion-forming perennial from high mountains of Central Asia and the Himalayas, growing in rock crevices and alpine meadows. It needs sharp drainage, cool conditions and full sun to thrive.
Paraquilegia anemonoides is a species of perennial flowering plant in the genus Paraquilegia in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to Central Asia, southwestern Siberia, and the Himalayas. This cushion plant's leaves grows to around 30 mm (1.2 in), with flowering stems reaching 80 mm (3.1 in) tall.
Pruning is unnecessary for the maintenance of the Paraquilegia anemonoides. The plant requires moist but well-drained soil. The species is successful in chalk, sand, and loam.
The species is distributed across Central Asia to southwestern China, ranging from Siberia, Turkestan, and eastwards towards Gansu in China. The Flora of China recorded the species's presence in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Russia, as well as the Chinese jurisdictions of Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Xizang. It favors crevices on dry cliffs and alpine meadows at elevations between 2,600 m (8,500 ft) and 3,400 m (11,200 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paraquilegia anemonoides 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.
