Many-sepal anemone is a small East Asian woodland wildflower that opens a single white flower in early spring. What look like petals are actually 8–13 , many more than most anemones have. It doesn't grow wild in the US.
Appearance
- Growth form
- A perennial that spreads by a creeping underground stem and stands about 4–12 in (10–30 cm) tall.
- Leaves
- A whorl of three stalked leaves sits partway up the flowering stem; each leaf is split into three shallowly lobed parts.
- Flowers
- One white flower per stem, about 1–1½ in (2–4 cm) across. There are no true petals; 8–13 white sepals do the job.
- Flowering time
- Early spring. Like other , it dies back to the ground once the trees above it leaf out.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- deciduous woods
- woodland edges
- Range
- Native to East Asia: the Russian Far East, northern and eastern China, Korea, and Japan.
- Preferred conditions
- Grows on hills and lower mountain slopes in deciduous forest, flowering in the sun that reaches the forest floor before the trees leaf out.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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