anemone

The mountain anemone Hepatica nobilis is common in the Alps. This flower is growing wild in Austria.

Giant anemone tips, Grand Cayman. There are about 800 different types of anemone (‘wind flower’). Giant anemones have been known to grow to several feet tall, with a diameter of over 1 m/3 ft.

A shrimp on an anemone, Grand Cayman. The tentacles on the anemone have special capsules on the tips which can sting fish, shrimp, crabs, snails, sea urchins, and zooplankton. Once stung, the prey is paralysed or stunned, and brought to the mouth of the anemone and eaten.

Anemone blanda (common name windflower) is a low-growing perennial with a daisylike flower. It flowers in spring, and is found in partially-shaded conditions such as woodland. The windflower should not be confused with the wood anemone, Anemone nemerosa, whose star-shaped flower is rarely found in the UK,

Flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family, found in northern temperate regions, mainly in woodland. It has sepals which are coloured to attract insects. (Genus Anemone, family Ranunculaceae.)

The garden anemone (Anemone coronaria) is blue, purple, red, or white. The European and Asian white wood anemone (A. nemorosa), or windflower, grows in shady woods, flowering in spring. Hepatica nobilis, once included within the genus Anemone, is common in the Alps. The pasqueflower is now placed in a separate genus.

The white or lavender-tinged wood anemone (A. quinquefolia) grows in open woods, flowering in spring.