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Eranthis

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Eranthis 

(winter aconite), a genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae. The low perennial herbs have a tuberous rhizome. The leaves are palmately dissected. The basal leaves are petiolate; the cauline leaves are sessile and arranged in whorls of three at the top of the stem. The large yellow flowers are solitary and have six bracts. There are seven or eight species, found in the temperate zone of Eurasia. The USSR has three or four species, in Middle Asia, southern Siberia, and the Far East. E. longistipitata grows on rocky slopes in Middle Asia. E. hyemalis and several other species are early-flowering spring ornamentals.



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Choose from: ERANTHIS The winter aconite produces stunning bright yellow star-shaped flowers in deepest winter, each surrounded by a pretty, bright green ruff.
Don't forget you can also plant potted bulbs just coming into flower, such as snowdrops and eranthis, sometimes referred to as winter aconite.
Here are a few choices of flowering plants that are suitable to plant now and will produce early spring flower: Winter Aconite, or Eranthis hyemalis, will give you yellow flowers approximately three inches in height and resemble common buttercups.
 
 
 
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