Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Mediterranean shrubland
Range: Mediterranean
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

The poppy anemone is a Mediterranean native famed for its vivid cup-shaped flowers — red, purple, pink, or white — each ringed around a striking dark-centred button of massed black stamens. Its tubers can lie dormant for years in dry soil and then bloom prolifically with winter rains.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Anemone
Species: Anemone coronaria