Anemone coronaria
Anemone coronaria L.
- kingdom Plantae
- phylum Magnoliophyta
- class Magnoliopsida
- order Ranunculales
- family Ranunculaceae
- genus Anemone
Common Names
زغليل (زَغْليل) (Arabic), سجيل (سِجيل) (Arabic), شقيق (شَقيق) (Arabic), شقائق النعمان (Arabic), نعمان (نُعمان) (Arabic), نعمان (نِعْمان) (Arabic)
Languages: English
Overview
Description
Herb with tuberous rootstock. Scapes are 10-25 cm and 1- flowered. Leaves are radical, long-petiolate and compound. The segments deeply dissected into coarsely toothed lobes. Involucre leaves are sessile and dissected. Flowers 5-8 cm diameter, mauve, rose, crimson, blue or cream. The anthers are purple. Achenes are subglobose, and densely woolly. Style is filiform and persistent.
Ecology and Distribution
Global Distribution
Mediterranean Region, Sinai.
Distribution in Egypt
Mareotic Sector, North Sinai and Isthmic Desert.
Habitat
Barley Fields, Sand Plains.
Life Expectancy
Perennial.
References
(Submitted). Flora of Egypt. Cairo: Al Hadara Publishing..