Genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae
Eranthis
Eranthis hyemalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Ranunculales
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Cimicifugeae
Genus:
Eranthis Salisb.
Species
See text
Eranthis is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to southern Europe and east across Asia to Japan.[1][2][3] The common name winter aconite comes from the early flowering time and the resemblance of the leaves to those of the related genus Aconitum, the true aconite. Like the notoriously toxic Aconitum (and, indeed, many other genera of the Ranunculaceae) Eranthis is poisonous, although its chemistry is different, the toxic compounds present being mainly cardiac glycosides of the bufadienolide group similar to those found in Adonis vernalis, rather than the virulent alkaloids of Aconitum.[4][5]
Foliage at the end of floweringDistribution map of eight or nine species of Eranthis in Europe and Asia. (Presentation based on natural distribution given in Wikipedia pages (en, de, ru).)
They are herbaceous perennials growing to 10–15 cm (4–6 in) tall. The flowers are yellow (white in E. albiflora and E. pinnatifida), and among the first to appear in spring, as early as January in mild climates, though later where winter snowpack persists; they are frost-tolerant and readily survive fresh snow cover unharmed. The leaves only expand fully when the flowers are nearly finished; they are peltate, 5–8 cm diameter, with several notches, and only last for 2–3 months before dying down during the late spring.
Species in this genus are spring ephemerals, growing on forest floors and using the sunshine available below the canopy of deciduous trees before the leaves come out; the leaves die off when the shade from tree canopies becomes dense, or, in dry areas, when summer drought reduces water availability.
They are popular ornamental plants grown for their winter or early spring flowering. E. hyemalis is widely naturalised in northern Europe and North America.
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much moisture during the summer when it is dormant (unlike the related Eranthis species that can suffer if they become too dry even while dormant). Some...
fertilized becomes a seed. If the carpel contains more than one seed, as in Eranthis hyemalis, it is called a follicle. Two or more carpels may be fused together...
genus in the Ranunculaceae native to Japan, is a sister group to Beesia. Eranthis and Actaea are also closely related to Beesia. Beesia is easily divided...
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Frey company, with bulbs including Dahlia as well as Chionodoxa, Crocus, Eranthis, Erythronium, Fritillaria meleagris, Galanthus, Leucojum, Muscari, Narcissus...
star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea), Adoxa, windflowers (Anemone), winter aconite (Eranthis), squills (Scilla) and other species of the genus Corydalis. Also frequent...
ostrowskiana, and hidden under shrub cover Corydalis ledebouriana and Eranthis longistipitata. Gagea ova is present, but rare here. The emerging leaves...
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turned into a small pond (July) Shelter Forest path in June Winter Aconite (eranthis hyemalis) in the forest floor, one of the earliest flowers to appear (March)...
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