Scientific Name: Anemone crassifolia Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: mountain anemone

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Ranunculaceae

Form Description: Rosette herb, base leaves on long stems with thick, almost succulent blades, purplish underneath with toothed lobes.

Height (m): 0.08 – 0.2

Flowers: White, open, to 3cm diameter at end of stem. Centre crowded with yellow stamens and immature seeds.

Fruit: A cluster of achenes, without hairs and with persistent style 3-4mm long and hooked at the end.

Municipality
Central CoastCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Local at altitudes of about 1200m on mountains towards the west coast. Found in alpine heaths and sedgeland.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Australia’s only Anemone. In cultivation requires moist, well drained, peaty acid soils with partial sun. May tolerate full sun in milder climates. Best planted amongst logs and rocks or as a container plant.

Propagation Calendar

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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be grown by division.