Eranthis hyemalis
Eranthis hyemalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Eranthis |
Species: | E. hyemalis
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Binomial name | |
Eranthis hyemalis (
L.) Salisb. |
Eranthis hyemalis, the winter aconite, is a
Description
It is a
As a spring ephemeral plant, its life cycle exploits the deciduous woodland canopy, flowering at the time of maximum sunlight reaching the forest floor, then completely dying back to its underground tuber after flowering.
Names
The Latin specific epithet hyemalis means "winter-flowering",[4] while the name of the genus is a compound of the Greek elements Er 'Spring' and anthos 'flower' - so named for its early flowering.[5]
Cultivation
The plant is valued in cultivation as one of the earliest flowers to appear.[6] E. hyemalis[7] and the sterile hybrid cultivar 'Guinea Gold'[8] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[9]
Toxicity
All parts of the plant are poisonous when consumed by humans and other mammals,
References
- ^ Bulbs by Phillips, Roger and Rix, Martyn, ed. Brian Mathew, pub. Pan (Garden Plants Series) 1989
- ^ Liangqian, Li; Tamura, Michio (2001). "Eranthis, Salisbury, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 303. 1807, nom. cons". Flora of China. 6: 148–149.
- ISBN 9780521707725.
- ISBN 9781845337315.
- ^ Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening pub. Oxford University Press 1984 Volume II Cochemia-Javanicus
- ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Eranthis hyemalis". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Eranthis hyemalis (Tubergenii Group) 'Guinea Gold'". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 35. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ISSN 0023-2076.
- ^ STARÝ, František, Poisonous Plants (Hamlyn colour guides) – pub. Paul Hamlyn April, 1984, translated from the Czech by Olga Kuthanová.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
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