Anemone L.
Fls solitary or in small umbels, hypog., us. perfect and regular. Per. uniseriate, petaloid; stamens ∞, outermost sts reduced to nectariferous staminodes. Carpels ∞, with a single suspended ovule; achenes with long styles. Perennial herbs with mostly palmately cut lvs; cauline lvs or bracts whorled. A widely distributed genus of about 120 spp.
