Anemone buttercup is a common perennial plant. Its small bright flowers appear in mid-spring.
This plant belongs to the buttercup family. There are about one and a half hundred varieties of anemones in the world.
Name
What does this flower owe its unusual name to? Maybe he's too windy?
Lute anemone petals are really ready to break loose and fly away at every slightest breath. For this feature, the plant got its first name "anemone". Well, she was called "Luttle" because of her belonging to the family.
Scientists call this plant an anemone.
External Features
It cannot be said that this plant has outstanding ornamental characteristics. But, you must admit, its flowers, similar to small suns or stars, are pleasing to the eye and look especially impressive against the background of juicy green leaves.
The enlarged photo of Lubutus anemone will help to imagine what this plant looks like.
The flower has at least five petals. The leaves are bifurcated, painted in rich green. The stem reaches a height of 20 cm.
Varieties
The description of the anemone luteus can be supplemented with a list of several of the most common species. They are similar to each other, but each has its own characteristics.
Noble anemone reaches a height of 12 cm. Its leaves begin to grow directly from the root. The leaves are dark green above and burgundy-violet below. The plant begins to bloom in winter. Its flowers can be white, blue, pink or purple.
The leaves of Canadian anemone are serrated and very strongly dissected. The plant blooms in April-May, and the flowering period lasts a whole month.
Japanese terry anemone can be grown at home. The height of the stem can reach 70 cm. Its flowers are not only very beautiful thanks to the elegant petals, they also smell very pleasant. This variety is characterized by an even longer flowering period: it can please the owner all summer. This plant is not afraid of weather changes.
Forest anemone, as you might guess, grows in the forest. This is an early variety, it begins to bloom in April. In height, the plant can reach half a meter.
The rock variety can be admired in the south. But in order to find out what the buttercup alpine anemone looks like, you will have to climb a hill of 2000-3000 thousand meters. This is a very beautiful variety with purple flowers that bloom in May. The plant grows slowly, occupying more and more territory.
Reproduction
Anemone buttercup - a flower withlong life cycle. Flowers do not bloom for long, but the plant itself lives for several decades.
Anemone propagates by rhizomes that are constantly branching. New growth centers are formed at once in several parts of the root system. Thanks to this breeding, forest thickets can be covered with huge thickets of anemones.
Vegetative reproduction is responsible for a considerable lifespan. The average anemone lives 50 years.
Distribution
Lutic anemone is a heat-loving plant. It is most common in the southern regions of Russia, but is also found in the middle lane.
Many anemone varieties belonging to the buttercup family require moist soil. Some varieties growing in mountainous areas prefer only hard calcareous soils.
Anemones grow not only in the wild, this plant can be a wonderful decoration for a garden plot or a flower bed near the entrance of a multi-storey building. Often, buttercup anemone is planted in city parks and squares. And this plant is great for decorating alpine slides.
Self growing and care
Growing anemones is easy. Of course, it all depends on the variety, but there are some general recommendations.
Many gardeners note that the rhizome brought from the forest feels great in the country or in the flowerbed. It takes root well, does not need frequent watering, quickly sprouts. True, the flowers will have to wait a long time, inin some cases, they may appear no earlier than a dozen years.
Shade-loving anemone species are plants that do best in cool places. You can plant them in the garden, under fruit trees. These varieties are usually unpretentious, besides they are considered early.
Use in traditional medicine
Since ancient times, buttercup anemone has been valued among healers. Nowadays, this plant is used not only in traditional medicine, but also in pharmaceutical production. Some parts of the plant are used to make medicines.
Dried anemone leaves are used for medicinal purposes. They have a variety of properties and are used for different purposes.
This plant has been used since the Middle Ages to treat asthma and other respiratory diseases. True, for the therapeutic effect, microdoses of the drug were needed.
The components contained in the leaves can have an analgesic and hemostatic effect, due to which in ancient times the plant was often used to heal wounds.
With the help of dried leaves, healers and witches treated warts, blisters, abscesses. An infusion made from dried anemones could be used to relieve headaches and toothaches.
If you are also fond of traditional medicine recipes and the study of the medicinal properties of plants, remember: anemone leaves contain the dangerous poison anemonol. The use of dried plant fragments in large doses is dangerous to he alth.
