Seasonal Wild Flowers

Balkan Anemone

Anemone blanda or Anemone apennina

Ranunculaceae

Blue Anemone

March to May

Both are widely planted in gardens and parks thoughought

the country.

Balkan Anemone is a very thinly scattered naturalised

escape.

See the BSBI distribution map for Anemone blanda

Both anemones are neophytes that are found in woodland,

by roads and paths, and as relics of cultivation in

churchyards, parks and brownfield sites.

A. blanda is a tuberous, perennial herb with narrower

petals than A. appenina.

It is only a recent escape - since the 1980s.

A. apennina is a rhizomatous, perennial herb. It has

been naturalised since the 1700s.

I have not been able to tell them apart, either from my

photograghs or the reference books.

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Blue Anemone in grassland

Type 1- white anthers

Type 2 - cream anthers, broader petals

White and slightly pink forms