Plants Described in the 18th Century: Anemone Hupehensis,

Chapters: Anemone hupehensis, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 9. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anemone hupehensis, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica, and Anemone x hybrida (commonly known as the Chinese or Japanese anemone, thimbleweed, or windflower) are herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family. Anemone x hybrida is a hybrid of Anemone hupehensis var. japonica and Anemone vitifolia. 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. It thrives best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants and in all but the hottest and the driest conditions in the United States. It is especially sensitive to drought and overwatering. It is invasive or weedy in some areas, although they take a longer time to establish at first. 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. In 1844, Robert Fortune brought the plant to England from China, where he found it often planted about graves. ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=25708048