Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone

A common, vernal species of ancient, deciduous woodland and hedgerows in Britain. The showy, 5-petalled flowers produced in Spring on stems with attractive dissected leaves make this a very distinctive and unmistakable species. Plants with pink, purple or blue flowers have also been described. It spreads slowly by rhizomatous growth but does not produce much seed. Consequently, Wood Anemone is a poor coloniser of woodland sites and where there are large populations it is likely that it has been there for a very long time. Hence, it is a fairly reliable ancient woodland indicator species. It is abundant in many of Gower's limestone Ash woodlands where it forms spectacular displays in Spring along with Ramsons (Allium ursinum) and Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta). It is less common in Neath Port Talbot where it is more or less confined to the ancient riparian corridor woodlands in the basins of the Neath, Afan and upper Tawe valleys.

Native