Skye Flora

Wood Anemone

Anemone nemorosa

Photo © Carl Farmer
27 Apr 2002 Portree, Isle of Skye

Common in woods and under bracken, also frequent in open moorland.

Flower diameter c 2-4 cm

Skye ID: White flowers, sometimes pink-tinged, mostly with 6 or 7 petals. Large cluster of carpels and stamens typical of Buttercup family.

Other features: Whorl of 3 leaves halfway up stem, these and basal leaves divided into 3-5 segments which are in turn deeply cut.

Photo © Carl Farmer
16 Apr 2004 Portree, Isle of Skye
Flower c 3.5 cm across at widest

Purple Wood Anemone growing among white ones and
Celandines. All the flowers on the purple plant were
this colour. Whorl of 3 upper leaves also visible here.

Anemone nemorosa

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