POPPY ANEMONE
SPANISH MARIGOLD
Anemone coronaria
Buttercup Family [Ranunculaceae] 
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Buttercup Family [Ranunculaceae]
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flower
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petals
(5-8)stem
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sex
| 11th May 2006, A road, Macclesfield to Buxton. | Photo: © RWD |
| It is normally red with a much darker central area, but this specimen is a purple one. Large and showy, looking rather like a poppy, especially the red forms. Petals (in reality tepals) number anywhere from five to eight. This one has six. Colour can be azure with deep blue inner (as in this specimen) or red with a deep purple inner standing in contrast in front of a whitish corona, or white. |
| 11th May 2006, A road, Macclesfield to Buxton. | Photo: © RWD |
| With a large inner ring of darker radially-splayed stamens and anthers, and an inner spiky ball to become the fruit. |
| 11th May 2006, A road, Macclesfield to Buxton. | Photo: © RWD |
| Basal leaves in deeply toothed and deeply-divided triplets, stem leaves just below the single large flowerhead. |
| 11th May 2006, A road, Macclesfield to Buxton. | Photo: © RWD |
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Distinguishing Feature : The large flower with rounded 'petals' looking similar to a Poppy.
No relation to : More likely to be found in a garden. This specimen, on the verge of a busy main road, must have been a throw-out. In its red form can easily be mistaken for a poppy, hence the common name.
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 Anemone
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coronaria
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⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ |
Ranunculaceae
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 Anemone (Anemones) |
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Buttercup Family [Ranunculaceae]
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