''Anemonoides sylvestris'' (syn. ''Anemone sylvestris''), known as snowdrop anemone or snowdrop windflower, is a

perennial plant In horticulture, the term perennial (''wikt:per-#Prefix, per-'' + ''wikt:-ennial#Suffix, -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annual plant, annuals and biennial plant, biennials. It has thus been d ...

flowering in spring, native to meadows and dry deciduous woodlands of central and western Europe and temperate Asia. It forms spreading patches, sometimes aggressively spreading. Another name is wood anemone, but this more commonly refers to the European '' A. nemorosa'' or the North American '' A. quinquefolia''.

Description

The species grows tall with white flowers which bloom in April. Flowers have five petals with yellow anthers in the center and are fragrant.

Cultivation

Cultivars A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue cult ...

include ''Anemonoides sylvestris'' 'Madonna'.

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* * * sylvestris Flora of Europe Flora of Asia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Ranunculaceae-stub