April 20, 2013

Wood Anemone


From the beginning of April little white flowers cover the woodfloor. The Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) is in full bloom. This plant prefers slightly acid soils in deciduous forests. Here, small insects search for food among the many yellow stamen.


In anemones, every stem carries a flower, and lower on this stem a whorl of bracts, the involucre.

















The plants looks a bit like a buttercup, leaves and flowers are alike. Yes, it belongs to the same family of Ranunculaceae.