Seasonal Wild Flowers

Japanese Anemone

Anemone hupehensis x A. vitifolia (A. x hybrida)

Chinese Anemone, Thimbleweed, Windflower

Ranunculaceae

August to November

It is grown throughout the country as a garden plant

The naturalised excape is scattered throughout the country

and most common in the South and Southwest

See the BSBI distribution map for Japanese Anemone

It is a neophyte which has been grown in the UK since

the 1850s and recognised as a naturalised escape

since around 1900.

It is on the increase in the South.

It grows on waste ground, often near habitation.

It is invasive and grows up through cracks in pavements.

Japanese Anemone is a robust, spreading, perennial herb,

growing up to 1.5m.

Flowers are up to 5cm and vary from white to purple.

The 5 petals are slightly notched and there is a

prominent ring of yellow stamens.

Leaves are large (up to 15cm), palmate, crinkly

and slightly sticky.

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Japanese Anemone in concrete cracks

Dark lilac flower

Pale lilac flower and bud

Close up of stamens and

green carpels in the centre

Leaves and stems