Chamomile (buttercup): description, photo, planting and care

Windmills are spread all over the globe. These plants in nature are more than 150 species. But today the conversation will be about the windbreaker of the buttercup - yellow ornamental honeycomb.

Classification of plants

A buttercup has a number of equivalent titles. Often this plant is called an anemic frenzy or an anemone luticoid. In Latin, the name sounds like Anémone ranunculoídes. Windmills belong to the Class of Dicotyledons. The next step in the classification is the determination of the order of the plant. In this case, we are talking about the order Lyutikotsvetnye, which includes the family Lyutikov. A kind of anemia frenic is a representative of the extensive genus Vetrenits.

The most suitable place

Most often this species of plants can be found in broad-leaved forests. Such an ecosystem is most suitable for this species. A few rarer buttercups are found in mixed spruce-deciduous forests. If you want, you can try to plant the buttercup frenzy on the garden plot. This shade-loving plant will serve as a beautiful spring adornment.

Distribution of the species

The zone of distribution of the turpentine anemone covers not only the European part of Russia, but also the Ciscaucasia, that is, the flat territories north of the foothills of the Caucasus, southern Siberia, Central Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and even the British Isles. True, in the latter case, the territory can not be called a natural area, the windmill of the buttercup on the British Isles has been resettled accidentally, but it has become well established here.

Description of the plant. Rostock

The sprout of anemia of the buttercup appears very early. This occurs at the very beginning of spring, when the earth is still dormant under the layer of last year's grass and snow. Each sprout is a stem with three undeveloped leaves on top. Initially, the stem is curved, and the leaves folded together are directed downward. It is interesting that the germ begins to break through not by the upper end and not by leaves, namely by a hook-shaped bend, this helps to overcome the layer of forest litter.

Roots and leaves

Yellow frenzied oyster belongs to perennial herbaceous rhizome plants. On average, its height is about 30 cm. The rhizome is superficially located. It is creeping type, so it can be quite long. The root is clear, fleshy and elastic. Outwardly it looks like a brown knot with special constrictions. On the fault, a white inner part is clearly visible, in which stocks of starch and other nutrients remain. From the surface rhizome down a few thin roots.

The anemone leaves do not have radical leaves. But sometimes it gives one basal leaf of a thumb-split form on a long petiole. Like all anemones, the luthless species has 3 leaves on the tip of a thin stem. They are directed in different directions and are located in a horizontal plane, forming a green circle. Each sheet is cut into individual parts by incisions and has a short petiole.

Flowers and fruits

People often confuse garden buttercups, photos of which can be found in special magazines, and a buttercup brisket. In fact, these flowers are very similar. You can see the differences only after a very careful examination. So, the buttercup flower has a double perianth with sepals and petals. Vetrenica - the owner of a simple perianth, consisting only of petals, and sepals are absent. So the name "buttercups-flowers" to an anemone can only be used as a joke.

As you have already understood, the flowers of this species of anemone have a rich yellow-golden color. Their diameter is about 3 cm. The petals in the bud are 5 pieces, the peduncles are always single. On one plant, they can be from 2 to 5 units. The flower appears in mid-April and lasts up to 20 days. Then the petals fall to the ground. On the peduncle there is a cluster of small fruits.

At the time of flowering anemone, there are hardly any other plants. It refers to the primroses. In the forest at this time it is light, nothing obscures it. Buttercups, photo of which we have already discussed, blossom much later - closer to June. So to confuse these species is quite difficult.

After flowering, the leaves of the feces tend to turn yellow gradually. By the end of the spring, the forest is covered with foliage, other plants are gradually appearing and the snake becomes dark. The yellowed hamster anemone lays on the ground and withers. At the beginning of summer, there is no trace of it, but the surface rhizome is alive. It will wait for the next spring to please the world with a modest yellowish flower. For a special schedule of life an anemone is included in the list of oak forest ephemeroids.

Who are the oak groves?

This is a special ecological group, which includes herbaceous perennials, which have a very short vegetation period. The development of ephemeroids can occur at different periods. For example, the following types of ephemeroids are typical for spring: tulips, crocuses, snowdrops, anemones, crested fish and goose onions. And in the autumn there is a rapid vegetation of the coteless.

Perennial ephemeroids are often confused with annual ephemerals. The time of vegetation of ephemerals is also fleeting. But in the first case, the plant completely dies out after the vegetation, but the underground organs (rhizome or bulb) are preserved. In the second case, the plant yields fruit and dies completely.

Honeycomb qualities

Chamomile hamster has good melliferous qualities. As soon as it blooms in the forest, hard-working bees can begin a laborious process. Bright yellow flowers attract insects, but, unfortunately, quickly fade. This species of plants is characterized by a group growth, so it is easy to find them on forest glades. In bad weather and at night, the flowers are closed to preserve their valuable contents.

How to plant a buttercup hatchet

Planting buttercups, to be more exact, anemia of aura, seeds, will require certain skills. Seeds are difficult to assemble, and after harvesting it is necessary to sow immediately. Otherwise they will lose their germination. Sow better in boxes with a loose nutrient mixture of soils. Then, bury the boxes and cover the mulch. Next year, about 25% of the seeds will rise. Seedlings need to be well moistened, and they will bloom for 2-3 years.

It is much easier to do vegetative reproduction. A long branching rhizome is easily divided into separate fragments. They are not deep buried by the earth, and soon a kidney is laid on each, and additional roots are formed. By the end of the summer, all the organs necessary for the independent existence of an autochthonous luteum will be formed. Next spring the plant will give an early flower. For a few years the anemone will expand and form a dense little shrub which should be weeded occasionally and mulched. Complex fertilizers can be introduced in the spring. So in the garden you can get your own primroses.