Altai anemone is a herbaceous perennial plant with a cylindrical creeping yellowish-white rhizome and a smooth stem 10-20 cm high. Stem leaves are petiolate, 5-18 mm long, thrice dissected with round-ovate segments. Peduncles are solitary, covered with appressed or protruding hairs. Flowers are 2-4 cm in diameter. Tepals 8-12, white, sometimes purple underneath, glabrous on both sides. Fruits with a short curved nose, hairy. Blooms in April-May. It is found in the European part of Russia, Western and Eastern Siberia. Grows in coniferous and mixed forests, on forest edges, lawns and subalpine meadows.
Herbs (stems, leaves, flowers) and rhizomes are used for medicinal purposes. Flavonoids and traces of alkaloids were found in the plant. In folk medicine, a decoction of the herb is used for epilepsy, after childbirth, and externally for skin diseases. A decoction of rhizomes in Chinese medicine is used for nephritis, a decoction of the herb is used as a diaphoretic, and an analgesic externally for dermatomycosis.
1. 3 g of dry crushed herb per 1 glass of water, boil for 2-3 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day for epilepsy.
2. 1 teaspoon of dry crushed roots per 1 glass of water, boil over high heat for 3-4 minutes, leave, strain. Take 2 tablespoons 3 times a day after meals for flu.

White anemone

White anemone is a perennial herbaceous plant 6-30 cm high. The rhizome is horizontal, cylindrical, smooth, yellowish or brown. The root leaves are usually solitary, on long petioles, thrice-dissected, with short-petiolate segments, of which the lateral ones are bifid, the middle one is three-slit. Stems erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy; spathe leaves (3) on long thin petioles, 1-2 cm long. Peduncles are usually solitary, long, appressed; flowers 4-4.5 cm in diameter, with 6-8 oblong-ovate white or reddish-violet outside, bare tepals on both sides; the stamens are many times shorter than the tepals, the anthers are yellow. Fruitlets are 4-4.5 mm long, oblong, short-haired, with a short curved nose. Blooms in April-May. It is found in Belarus, Ukraine (Carpathians, Dnieper region), in the European part of Russia, and Moldova. Grows in damp forests, bushes, forest edges, lawns, and parks. Decorative. Poisonous.
The herb (stems, leaves, flowers) is used for medicinal purposes. The plant contains saponins, chelidonic acid. Protoanemonin was found in flowers. In homeopathy it is used as a sedative, diuretic and diaphoretic. An infusion of the herb is used internally for heart disease, pneumonia, fever, stomach pain, as an abortifacient; externally - for pustular skin diseases, rheumatism, gout and as a skin blister (Deryabina F.I., 1965, Levchuk A.P., 1927, Ovchinnikov B.N., 1950). Has antibacterial properties.
1 teaspoon of herb per 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1-2 tablespoons 3 times a day for rheumatism.

Anemone fork

Forked anemone is a perennial herbaceous plant, 30-80 cm high, with a thin black-brown rhizome. The stem is erect. Leaves are opposite, sessile, deeply 3-lobed with oblong or broadly lanceolate lobes. The leaves are appressed along the edges and on the underside. The flowers are solitary on long peduncles 2-3 cm in diameter. There are 5 tepals, elliptical, white, sometimes reddish below. The fruits are compressed. Blooms in June-July. It is found in the European part of Russia (Volga-Kama, Zavolzhsky regions), in Western and Eastern Siberia, in the Far East of Russia. Grows in flooded and damp meadows, grassy swamps, damp bush thickets and sparse forests. For medicinal purposes, grass (stems, leaves, flowers), harvested during flowering, and roots are used. The plant contains essential oils, cardenolides, saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids, gamma-lactone, vitamin C. Fatty oil was found in the fruits. A decoction of the herb in Tibetan medicine is used for heart disease, hearing and vision impairment. An infusion of herbs is drunk for tinnitus and insomnia; externally - for fungal skin diseases, erysipelas, and throat diseases. Has a hypotensive effect. In China, a decoction of 3-6 g of roots is used for diarrhea and intoxication from carbuncle. Externally, in the form of a decoction of an arbitrary number of roots, it is used as a compress for various types of injuries. 1. 6 g of crushed roots per 1 glass of water, boil for 5 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1/4 cup 3 times a day for diarrhea. 2. 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs in 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day for insomnia and tinnitus.

Anemone flexible

Flexible anemone is a perennial herbaceous plant 9-30 cm tall. The rhizome is creeping, thick, cylindrical, black with transverse ridges without the remains of last year's leaves. The stem is erect, weak, succulent, like the petiole of the root leaves, bare or sparsely hairy. Root leaves on long petioles, thrice-dissected, with lateral segments deeply 2-3-separate lobules with twice incised, with the middle segment up to half thrice-incised, with incised-toothed lobes and splayed blunt or slightly tripointed teeth, glabrous on both sides or sparsely hairy on top . Peduncles number 1-2, occasionally 3, long, covered with soft protruding hairs, adjacent in the upper part. The flowers are white. The fruits are somewhat swollen, in a mature state they are often almost naked, with an oblique thickening and a sessile stigma. Blooms in May-July. Distributed in Sakhalin, Japan, Korea, and Northeast China. Grows on silty soil along the banks of streams.
The roots, which are harvested in the fall, are used for medicinal purposes. The plant is dug up, the stem is torn off, the root is washed well, crushed, and dried. In China it is used for rheumatic joint pain. Contraindicated for pregnant women.

Anemone long-haired

Anemone long-haired is a perennial herbaceous plant 12-65 cm high. The stem is powerful, erect. Root leaves on long petioles are 3-5 dissected with wide segments, pubescent. The leaves covered are large, the same as the root leaves. Peduncles 3-5, covered with curly hair. Flowers are 2-4 cm in diameter. The tepals are white, bare on both sides. Blooms in June-July. Distributed in Western Siberia (Anchai region), in Eastern Siberia (Angaro-Sayan and Daursky regions). It grows in light coniferous and deciduous forests, along the edges, in thickets of bushes, in meadows, in the mountains, in forest and subalpine meadows, and less often in mountain tundras.
The herb (stems, leaves, flowers) is used for medicinal purposes. Flavonoids are found in the roots. Oil, trans-aconitic organic acid, alkaloids, and flavonoids were found in the aerial part; in stems and leaves - traces of alkaloids, flavonoids. The flowers contain flavonoids. An infusion of the herb is used in Tibetan medicine for weak vision and hearing. An infusion or decoction of the herb is used in Mongolian medicine as a tonic for the central nervous system, a general tonic, and a metabolic stimulant, in cases of food poisoning, poisons, and snake bites. Has antibacterial properties. An infusion of flowers is used to treat injuries and purulent wounds.
1. 3-6 g of dry crushed herb per 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day for impotence.
2. 8 g of dry crushed herb per 300 ml of water, boil over low heat for 3-4 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day for gout.

Forest anemone

Forest anemone is a perennial herbaceous plant 30-45 cm high with a short rhizome. At the base of the stem there are 2-5 basal leaves collected in a rosette on long petioles, palmately three to five-parted with rhombic incised-toothed lobes. Under the flowers there is a blanket of 3 thrice-dissected, whorled leaves with linear lobes. Flowers are single, large, white. The fruits are nut-shaped, flattened, white-tomentose with a short beak. Distributed in the European part of Russia (all regions except the Lower Volga region), in Western Siberia, in the Far East (west of the Amur region), in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, in the Caucasus (Caucasus, Dagestan), in Central Asia. General distribution: Scandinavia, Central and Southern Europe, Mongolia. It grows on dry open hills, dry steppe meadows, fallow lands, light coniferous forests, edges, bushes, rocky cliffs, mainly on carbonate or sandy soil. Decorative, used in group plantings, as well as when arranging rocky and sloping areas. Garden forms are known, including terry ones. Poisonous. The plant has antibacterial properties. A decoction of the plant in folk medicine is widely used for nervous diseases, rheumatism, syphilis, gonorrhea, leucorrhoea, skin diseases, itching, headaches and toothaches, as a diuretic, and for joint diseases. Taking into account the anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic and antiseptic effects, the plant is used for colds of the upper respiratory tract and throat. An infusion of the herb in Tibetan medicine is used for weak vision and hearing. The flowers are used externally for abscesses.
10 g of fresh leaves or 2 teaspoons of crushed dry leaves per 1 glass of cold water, leave for 24 hours, strain. Drink during the day if there is hearing loss. Use with caution.

Anemone buttercup

Anemone buttercup is a perennial herbaceous plant with a horizontal fleshy rhizome. Usually without basal leaves or with one long-petioled leaf. Stems with a bulb of 3 short-petioled leaves, dissected into 3 large oblong segments, pubescent on top, the lateral segments are sometimes bipartite, the middle one is usually divided into 3 serrated lobes. The flowers are solitary, rarely 2-5, on long pedicels, 1.5-3 cm in diameter, usually with five, less often with more numerous bright yellow tepals. Blooms early in spring. Distributed in the European part of Russia (all regions except the Lower Don and Lower Volga), Ukraine, Belarus, and the Caucasus. It grows in light mixed and deciduous forests, in thickets of bushes, on shady lawns, in parks, less often in spruce forests and along river banks. Poisonous.
For medicinal purposes, grass (stems, leaves, flowers), root juice, and leaves are used. The plant contains anemonol, the breakdown of which produces anemonin, which has an analgesic and antispasmodic effect. In addition, tannins, resin, saponins (0.19-0.75%), ranunculin were found in anemone, which, when the plant dries, breaks down into protoanemonin, which has the properties of a mitotic poison, and glucose. The juice of the roots is used to treat warts. In folk medicine, an infusion of the herb is used for palpitations, paralysis, jaundice, dysmenorrhea, and externally as a skin irritant, for rheumatism, headaches, toothache, and scrofula. An infusion of leaves is used as a diuretic for edema, kidney diseases, as an expectorant for whooping cough, bronchitis, stomach pain, gout, and paralysis. The plant is poisonous, so its use requires great care; the leaves have a narcotic effect.
1 teaspoon of dry crushed herb per 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 30-40 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for whooping cough.

Anemone Radde

Anemone Radde is a perennial herbaceous plant 6-28 cm high. The rhizome is horizontal, short, spindle-shaped, thickened, with large transparent membranous scales at the apex at the base of the stem. Root leaves are usually numbered 1, on long petioles, covered with sparse, long, horizontally protruding hairs, thrice dissected, with broadly ovate, sometimes almost rounded segments on rather long petioles, pubescent like petioles; segments often with a somewhat heart-shaped base, 3-partite, with narrow ovate lobules, shallowly 2-3-incised at the end, with entire or 2-3-toothed obtuse lobes, thin, glabrous or with single long horizontally protruding hairs, in the lower half often glabrous, occasionally glabrous along the entire length. The leaves of the spathe are located in the upper part of the plant on petioles, protruding like stems, thrice dissected with linear-oblong or obovate segments, entire or at the apex shallowly incised 2-3 times or serrated, in the lower part the edges are usually protruding and long-ciliated. Peduncles solitary, short, glabrous or covered with horizontally protruding hairs; tepals, 10-15 in number, sometimes narrow, sometimes wider, oblong-ovate; bare on both sides, stamens 2-3 times shorter than tepals; ovary is hairy. Blooms in May-April.
Root shoots are used for medicinal purposes.
In China, they drink a decoction of 1.5-3 g of roots or prepare pills from this amount of roots and wash them down with water for chronic rheumatism and inflammation of the joints, aching in the lower back.

Anemone or anemone (lat. Anemone) – a very beautiful plant of the buttercup family, presented both in the wild and in garden beds. The genus Anemone has about 150 species. Among them there are flowers that bloom in early spring, summer and autumn. There are winter-hardy and heat-loving ones, preferring shade or loving open sunny areas. With simple and compound leaves, large and medium-sized flowers of yellow, red, pink, white, blue, indigo.

Thanks to the variety of characteristics, you can choose the types that are most suitable for your garden. And if you plant varieties that bloom at different times, you can ensure that your summer cottage will be dotted with flowers throughout the warm season. We have selected for you an overview of the most interesting types of anemone.

Altai anemone (Anemone altaica)

Altai anemone is an inhabitant of coniferous and deciduous forests and subalpine meadows, but is rare and is protected in some areas of distribution. In the highlands it is one of the first flowers to bloom. The stems grow up to 10-20 cm. It is a species of anemone with a long root system and single flowers. The leaves of this anemone are oval, ovate, with serrated edges. It blooms with white flowers of medium size (4-5 cm in diameter), sometimes their outer side has a reddish or purple tint. The peduncles are covered with hairs and reach a height of 15 cm. The flower is a honey plant.

Important! Altai anemone has medicinal properties. It is used as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, diaphoretic and diuretic. The plant is highly poisonous. May cause skin irritation and burns, and poisoning if taken orally.

Altai anemone loves to grow both in sunny areas and in partial shade. Flowering period is April-May. In garden culture, the Altai anemone has become widespread in mixborders and is planted near bushes and paths.

Blue anemone (Anemone caerulea)

Blue anemone delights with its beautiful and delicate blooms in mid-May. The duration of its flowering is two to three weeks. This anemone has the ability to grow quickly. Just like the previous species, it belongs to anemones with long developed rhizomes and single flowers. It blooms with small flowers (1.5-2 cm in diameter) of light blue or white color. Refers to shade-tolerant plants.

Did you know? The name of the flower comes from the Greek word "animos", which translates as wind. Probably, the plant received this name due to the fact that even with a slight wind, the anemone flowers begin to flutter, sway and fall off.

Blue anemone is suitable for group plantings and decoration along garden paths.

Hybrid anemone (Anemone hybrida)

A distinctive characteristic of this type of anemone is that its flowering period occurs in late summer or autumn. The stems of the plant are medium or tall in height - from 60 cm to 1.2 meters. Thanks to its numerous root shoots, it can grow very quickly. Leaves appear in May and persist until frost. The flowers are semi-double, large - up to 6 cm in diameter. There are different shades of pink - from light to crimson. The pistils and stamens are bright yellow. Flowering lasts about a month. The plant loves partial shade. In winter it requires shelter because it does not tolerate frost very well.

Many varieties of hybrid anemone have been cultivated. In the garden it looks wonderful next to astilbe, aconite, and asters. Its compositions with ornamental grasses and spherical plants, such as rhododendron and hydrangea, are interesting.

Anemone nemorosa

Oak anemone refers to ephemeroids, i.e. plants whose leaves have a short lifespan. Already in June they acquire a yellow tint, and at the beginning of July they dry out.

Did you know? Anemone leaves are used in homeopathy. It is popularly known as “curaslep”, “going blind” due to its toxicity. It has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, analgesic and diuretic properties.

This species is short - 20-30 cm. The plant blooms from April to May, on average for three weeks. The flowers are mostly white, simple, small (2-3 cm), but not so long ago varieties with double buds, blue, cream, pink, and lilac, were bred. There are about three dozen varieties of this anemone.

Since the rhizome of the oak anemone is long and branched, its bushes grow quickly. It belongs to shade-tolerant plants - the best place for planting it will be an area in the shade of fruit trees or ornamental shrubs. There its thickets can form a real flower carpet. Looks good among ferns.

Important! When selecting flower bed partners for the oak anemone, you need to take into account the fact that in the middle of summer it goes into a dormant state.

Anemone canadensis

Genus "Anemone" includes such an interesting species as the Canadian anemone. This variety has a powerful, well-developed root system, which has the ability to form shoots. The plant grows throughout the season. Its stems reach a height of 30-60 cm. It blooms profusely with small single white star-shaped flowers (2.5-3 cm) with yellow stamens. Flowering period is May-June. May re-bloom in autumn.

The flower grows well in semi-shaded places. With proper shelter, it can survive in frosts down to -34°C. Usually, Canadian anemone is planted under trees with sparse or openwork crowns.

Crown anemone (Anemone coronaria)

In May or June, the crown anemone blooms with beautiful poppy-like flowers. This species is the most delicate, since it belongs to light- and heat-loving plants. Does not tolerate drafts. The flowers of this anemone can have a variety of shades: white, red, pink, lilac, etc. Varieties have been bred with double, semi-double and smooth petals, with a border and interspersed with a different color. The center of the flower is decorated with a lush bunch of black stamens and pistils. The stems of the plant are low – up to 30 cm. For the winter it requires careful shelter.

Great for planting near other perennials. It forms a good combination with daffodils, forget-me-nots, evergreen iberis, violets, and muscari. Suitable for planting in pots. It is also used for forcing.

Anemone sylvestris

Wood anemone has the ability to grow well, forming a green carpet of leaves that remain green throughout the season. The flowers are white, slightly drooping, fragrant, sometimes with a purple tint on the outside. They are mostly medium in size (5-6 cm), but varieties have been bred with very large flowers - up to 8 cm in diameter. They bloom in early May.

Forest anemone is a low plant, reaching a height of 25-30 cm. It can grow and bloom even on poor soils. Does not require much effort when growing and caring. Can winter without shelter. It is rare in nature; in some countries, forest anemone is listed in the Red Book. Its aerial part contains saponins, flavonoids and vitamin C, which is why it is used in folk medicine.

Since the rhizomes of the forest anemone are powerful and the stems are low, it is suitable for decorating slopes and rocky areas.

Anemone ranunculoides

A resident of deciduous and mixed forests, the buttercup anemone, thanks to its unpretentiousness, has taken root well in garden culture.

Did you know? Just like the oak anemone, the buttercup anemone is used in folk medicine, while at the same time being a poisonous plant. The beneficial properties of this species are used in the treatment of gout, whooping cough, menstrual irregularities, hearing and vision pathologies.

Anemone blooms in early May with small yellow flowers (1.5-3 cm), flowering duration is on average 20 days. It is an ephemeroid - the leaves fade in early June. Due to the fact that the plant has a powerful, highly branched, creeping rhizome, it is capable of growing into a dense clump 20-25 cm high. The flower is absolutely undemanding to soil and loves shady areas. Used in group plantings.

Rock anemone (Anemone rupestris)

The rock anemone descended into the gardens of our latitudes from the Himalayan mountains. There she survived well at an altitude of 2500-3500 m above sea level. Already the name and homeland indicate that this mountain plant is very unpretentious, capable of growing on poor soils and does not suffer from an excess of light or lack of shade. She is not afraid of either wind or cold. However, it is not very common in culture. Rock anemone blooms with beautiful snow-white flowers with a purple tint on the back.

Altai anemone- a herbaceous perennial plant of the Ranunculaceae family with a cylindrical creeping yellowish-white rhizome and a smooth stem 10-20 cm high. Stem leaves are petiolate, 5-18 mm long, 3-dissected with roundish-ovate segments.
Altai anemone is found in the European part of Russia (Dvina-Pechora, Volga-Kama, Volga-Don (Penza), Zavolzhsky regions), in Western Siberia (Ob-Irtysh, Altai regions), in Eastern Siberia (Yenisei, Angara-Sayan regions) . Grows in coniferous and mixed forests, on forest edges, lawns and subalpine meadows.
Altai anemone– early spring pollen bearer. Blooms in April – May for 13 days. Bees willingly visit Altai anemone flowers for the abundant cream-colored pollen they produce.
Peduncles are solitary, covered with appressed-pilose or protruding hairs. Flowers are 2-4 cm in diameter. Tepals 8-12, white, sometimes purple underneath, glabrous on both sides. Fruits with a short curved nose, hairy.
The herb (stems, leaves, flowers) and rhizomes of Altai anemone are used for medicinal purposes.
Flavonoids and traces of alkaloids were found in Altai anemone.

Syn.: white flower, one-month grass, Altai anemone.

Altai anemone is an ephemeral, small perennial herbaceous plant with white flowers. Honey plant, medicinal and ornamental plant. It has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, analgesic, and diaphoretic properties.
The plant is poisonous!

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In medicine

Altai anemone is practically not used in official medicine.

Contraindications and side effects

Altai anemone is a highly poisonous plant; when used externally, it can cause severe burns, and when taken orally, it can cause serious poisoning. Very dangerous during pregnancy. In case of heart failure, pancreatitis and hypertension, all precautions should be taken.

In other areas

Altai anemone is very decorative. The species in cultivation is stable, winter-hardy, reproduces by seed, and is recommended for landscaping practice. Requires shaded areas for growth and develops very quickly.

Altai anemone is a good honey plant. Bees willingly visit flowers of the early spring pollen carrier.

Classification

Altai anemone (Latin Anemonealtaica) is a species of the genus Anemone (Latin Anemone) of the subfamily Ranunculoideae proper (Latin Ranunculoideae) of the buttercup family (Latin Ranunculaceae). Anemone is a genus of perennial herbs, which according to various sources includes 150-160 species of flowering plants, distributed almost throughout the globe, especially in the extratropical zone of the Northern Hemisphere, including the Arctic.

Botanical description

Altai anemone is a herbaceous perennial plant with a cylindrical creeping yellowish-white rhizome, basal and whorled stem leaves. The stem is thin, smooth, 10-20 cm high. Basal leaves are usually absent during flowering, stem leaves are petiolate, without stipules, trifoliate (5-18 mm long), with pointed lobes, which in turn are pinnately incised, along edge with unequal teeth. The peduncles are solitary, up to 15 cm tall, and the petioles are covered with appressed or protruding hairs. The flowers are bisexual, up to 4-5 cm in diameter, solitary, white, with a purple tint below. The perianth is double, in which the petals and sepals are leafy in nature. The formation of a double perianth probably occurred due to the formation of sepals from the upper stem leaves. The flowers are regular, white, sometimes the outer side of the petals has a purple tint, up to 4-5 cm in diameter, with numerous (8-12) petals. There are many stamens and pistils. The ovary is unilocular, superior. The formula of the Altai anemone flower is * CH5L∞T∞P∞. The fruit is a multi-nut, spread by the wind thanks to the pubescence and wing-like outgrowths of the fruit-nuts.

Altai anemone, as an ephemeral plant, blooms quite early, immediately after the snow melts, in late April - early May. Fruits in June-July. The seeds ripen in the first ten days of June. Propagated by seeds, which germinate at the end of August and overwinter, sprouting in the spring of next year.

Spreading

Altai anemone is found in the European part of Russia (Dvina-Pechora, Volga-Kama, Volga-Don, Zavolzhsky regions), in Western Siberia (Ob-Irtysh, Altai regions), in Eastern Siberia (Yenisei, Angara-Sayan regions). It grows in coniferous and mixed forests, on forest edges, lawns, and rises to the highlands, where it lives in subalpine and nival meadows, and forest clearings. Often found in small groups, the population is stable.

Populations of Altai anemone in some regions of growth are under protection, in particular in the Baikal Nature Reserve, where collecting flowers is prohibited.

Regions of distribution on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

For medicinal purposes, the grass and rhizomes of Altai anemone are used. Harvesting is carried out during flowering. Cut off the stems with leaves and flowers. When preparing medicinal raw materials, you must be careful; you need to wear gloves, since contact with the plant may cause local skin irritation. The collected anemone herb is dried outdoors in the shade. Dryers can be used to dry at temperatures up to 40°C. The finished raw materials are stored in closed glass jars. The shelf life of raw materials is 1 year.

Chemical composition

Flavonoids were found in Altai anemone. It is characterized by the accumulation of alkaloids, less often glycosides.

Pharmacological properties

Preparations of Altai anemone have useful medicinal properties, in particular antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, diaphoretic and diuretic effects.

Use in folk medicine

In the old days, Altai anemone was used as an external remedy for the treatment of migraines, rheumatism and lichen (the raw herb was applied to the sore spot). In folk medicine of a later time, an infusion of anemone herb is used for diseases of the liver and digestive organs, pulmonary tuberculosis and influenza, for jaundice, and for blockages in the intestines. An infusion of anemone herb treats old wounds. In folk medicine, a decoction of the Altai anemone herb is used for epileptic seizures, after childbirth. Preparations of Altai anemone are used for loss of consciousness at high temperatures, secretion of cloudy mucus, epilepsy, diseases associated with disorders of the nervous system, deafness and tinnitus, shortness of breath, swelling in the chest and abdomen. Externally, anemone is used as an ointment to treat a variety of skin diseases, lichens and carbuncles, as well as old ulcers.

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May 3rd, 2018

The earliest plant is usually considered coltsfoot. But sometimes another primrose is ahead of her - Altai anemone(Anemone altaica). The top layer of forest soil, consisting of fallen leaves, warms up faster in the spring, so it crawls out from under the leaves anemone (one of the names of anemone) faster than other herbs.

perennial herbaceous plant Altai anemone has a creeping rhizome. The stem is erect, simple, up to twenty-five centimeters high. On the stem there are three leaves with oblong-lanceolate segments, almost sessile or petiolate, forming a spathe. The anemone flower is white with 8-12 petals. Blooms in April - early May. The fruit is a polynut (which ripens in May). You can see what anemone looks like in the photographs.

Altai anemone in Bashkiria (probably and not only) many call it a snowdrop. However, this is not true, real snowdrop white(Galanthus nivalis) does not grow in the republic at all. And whether the common snowdrop is found in the Volga region is also a big question?

Other species of plants of the genus Anemone of the Ranunculaceae family grow on the territory of Bashkortostan: Ural anemone, forest anemone And anemone buttercup. In some sources the name is found, not “anemone”, but “anemone” (for example, Altai anemone).

A little later than the Altai anemone, other early spring honey plants appear in the forest - lungwort, goose onion (first yellow, then), anemone buttercup and others. It breaks through near ponds and streams. Among trees and shrubs, the pioneer is.

Significance for beekeeping

For beekeeping Altai anemone plays a small role. The weather is unstable, with temperatures below freezing at night. The state of the bee colony is not very fast - only after wintering. Even despite the presence of a broad-leaved forest next to the apiary with a large number of flowering anemones. Honey bees will switch to other, more interesting nectar and pollen feeders. For the same willow bushes and trees, for example.

During the flowering of the Altai anemone, white pollen is observed to be brought into the hive (with a barely noticeable yellowish or grayish tint). Bees collect yellow pollen from other perganos blooming at the same time. (Bredina willow, black alder, coltsfoot, corydalis, hazel). But white pollen pollen is obtained, perhaps, only from it (article on the topic -