Scientific Name:	Anemone blanda
Pronunciation:	ah-NEM-oh-nee BLAN-duh
Common Name:	Greek windflower, blue wood anemone
Family Name:	Ranunculaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves basal with 3 incised leaflets, rounded with mucronate tips; flowers daisy-like with many petal-like sepals, solitary, whorl of leafy bracts on scape; plants go dormant after flowering.
Course(s):	HORT 2355, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich, Well-drained Water Use: Summer dry Landscape Uses: Dryland (no watering), Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest Additional Info: Google Images. Cultivars on campus include A. 'White Splendour'.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, leaves die back and plant goes dormant by summer Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Oblong Apices: Mucronate Bases: Cuneate Margins: Dentate, Palmately lobed, Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Head-like, Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 11+ Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Blue, Pink, Purple Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr

Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour: Additional Info: no bark     Organ Modifications: Tubers

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Slugs or snails

Location(s): (AGB) Acer Griseum Bed : cv. White Splendour (ONW) Overpass North side West Location Map

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