Wikipedia's first sentence called it “species of flowering plant in the genus anemone”. Today it says “species of flowering plant in the buttercup family ranunculaceae”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Species of plant Flowers of various colors Tubers”. It now reads “Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family”.
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Anemone Coronaria For the entry on the genus , Anemone, see Anemone .1Anemone coronaria (poppy anemone, Spanish marigold, "dağ lalesi" in Turkish , " Calanit " in Hebrew , " Shaqa'iq An-Nu'man " in Arabic ) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anemone , native to the Mediterranean region .2It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 20-40 cm tall (rarely to 60 cm), with a basal rosette of a few leaves , the leaves with three leaflets, each leaflet deeply lobed. The flowers are borne singly on a tall stem with a whorl of small leaves just below the flower; the flower is 3-8 cm diameter, with 5-8 red, white or blue petal -like tepals . This is a collage of Anemone coronaria (calanit in Hebrew ) of various colors , all found on the same field in Israel . The Anemone coronaria comes in shades of red , pink , purple , blue and white . However, the most common color is red.3
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Anemone coronaria ( poppy anemone , Spanish marigold, dağ lalesi in Turkish , calanit in Hebrew , shaqa'iq An-Nu'man in Arabic ) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anemone , native to the Mediterranean region . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
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Species of plant Flowers of various colors Tubers Anemone coronaria , the poppy anemone , Spanish marigold , or windflower , is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anemone , native to the Mediterranean region .
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Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae Flowers of various colors flower（Blue） and leaf Tubers Anemone coronaria , the poppy anemone , Spanish marigold , or windflower , is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae , native to the Mediterranean region .
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Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae Anemone coronaria , the poppy anemone , Spanish marigold , or windflower , is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae , native to the Mediterranean region .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “species of flowering plant in the genus anemone”. Today it says “species of flowering plant in the buttercup family ranunculaceae”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Species of plant Flowers of various colors Tubers”. It now reads “Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family”. Read the current article and compare.
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species of flowering plant in the genus anemone
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species of flowering plant in the buttercup family ranunculaceae
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