English: Spring pheasant’s eye; False hellebore.
Content: cardiac glycosides; flavones, carotenoids, coumarins.
Use: ornamental.
Region: Europe, Asia.
Habitat: mountains.
CultureAdonis, a lover of the goddess Aphrodite, and the white anemones from the tears of the grieving goddess.
Based on these stories, the anemone became a symbol of grief and sorrow. Giving anemones is also seen as a signal that one wants to end the relationship.
BotanyHerb.
Root: poisonous to humans and livestock.
Leaves: basal and lower stem leaves are usually scaly; upper stem leaves alternate, are palmately or pinnately divided; poisonous to humans and livestock.
Inflorescences: terminate on branches or branchlets with absent bracts, with 1 flower.
Flowers: radially symmetric; bisexual; usually red, orange, or yellowish; petals 5 to 30; stamens numerous spirally arranged pistils, linear filaments; ovaries one-ovuled, persistent styles, small stigma.
Fruits: achenes, usually with raised veisn.