Anemones

Anemone represents a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants and belongs to buttercup family Ranunculaceae. The plant is widely spread in woods and meadows of the northern and southern temperate zones. They are closely touch on Pasque flower /Pulsatilla  and Hepatica (Hepatica); some botanists include both of these genera within Anemone genus.

The plants represent perennial herbs with an underground rootstock. The leaves are distinguished by radical, cut. The flower stem is simple, slender and prolonged having one or a couple of flowers on it. The flower’s colors are white, red, blue or yellow. The flowers are large with attractive petals.

Once can observe an involucre of three leaflets beneath every flower. The fruits usually are marked by long hairy styles that assist their distribution by the wind. According this Anemone is commonly called windflower. Windflower’s height may vary from 10 cm up to 1 meter.

Many of this genus’ members are garden plants. Among them is the Anemone coronaria which is one of the famous and favorite flowers in Israel. As the matter of fact during the British Mandate of Palestine British soldiers were nicknamed "Kalaniyot" as the wore red berrets.