ANEMONE
ANEMONE Anemone is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the temperate zones. The genus is closely related to several other genera such as Pulsatilla and Hepatica. Some botanists include both of these genera within Anemone. Anemone s are perennials that have basal leaves with long leaf-stems that can be upright or prostrate. Leaves are simple or compound with lobed, parted, or undivided leaf blades. The leaf margins are toothed or entire. Flowers with 4 to 7 sepals are produced singly, in cymes of 2 to 9 flowers, or in umbels, above a cluster of leaf or sepal-like bracts. Sepals may be of any colour. The pistils have one ovule. The flowers have nectarines, but petals are missing in the majority of species. The fruits are ovoid to obovoid shaped achenes that are collected together in a tight cluster, ending variously lengthened stalks; though many species have sessile clusters terminating ...