| Anemone hupehensis | |
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| Japanese anemones have yellow stamens and white petals. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Anemone |
| Species: | A. hupehensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Anemone hupehensis |
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| Type | Flower |
|---|---|
| Light | Partial shade |
| Water | Moderate to large amount |
| Soil | Acidic soil |
| Hardiness | USDA Zone 4a to 8 |
| Bloom Period | White, pink, or purple color, late summer to early fall |
| Propagation | Root cutting |
Anemone hupehensis, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica, and Anemone × hybrida (commonly known as the Chinese or Japanese anemone, thimbleweed, or windflower) are herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family.
Anemone × hybrida is a hybrid of Anemone hupehensis var. japonica and Anemone vitifolia.[2]
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Height is 3–4 ft (1–1 m). Leaves have three leaflets.
Flowers are 40–60 mm (1.6–2.4 in) across, with 5-6 (or up to 20 in double forms) pink or white sepals long and numerous yellow stamens, and bloom from mid-summer to autumn.
These plants thrive best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants, and in all but the hottest and the driest conditions in the United States.[3] They are especially sensitive to drought or overwatering.[4] They can be invasive or weedy in some areas,[5] although they can take some time to become established.[6]
It is native to central China, though it has been naturalized in Japan for hundreds of years.
The species was first named and described in Flora Japonica (1784), by Carl Thunberg. Thunberg had collected dried specimens while working as a doctor for the Dutch East Indies Company.[4] In 1844, Robert Fortune brought the plant to England from China, where he found it often planted about graves.[7]