Andy Sands / Oxlips (Primula eliator) growing among Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) good indicators of ancient woodland, Suffolk, England, UK, April

Michael Hutchinson / Tracking shot of Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in woodland, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone flower (Anemone nemorosa), RHS Rosemoor, near Great Torrington, Devon, UK. April 2017.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / White anemone (Anemone nemorosa) against pink background, Ringerike, Norway, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, Lorraine Regional Natural Park, Lorraine, France, March

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, Vallee des Cailles, Eure-et-Loir, France, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower abstract, Hoher Fläming nature reserve, Brandenburg, Germany

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower. Powerstock Common Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, UK, April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / White Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) with orange background. Norway, April.

Ross Hoddinott / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) backlit flowers and foliage. Halsdon Wood, near Dolton, Devon, UK, March.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010. Photographer quote: 'Driving home for the dentist I saw the most amazing display of wood anemones. It w...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Edwin Giesbers / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers, Belgium, April

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) single flower, Halsdon woodland, Devon, England, UK. April 2010.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), Buschwindröschen, Germany

Wild Wonders of Europe / Rautiainen / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering around partially fallen tree, Matsalu National Park, Estonia, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Rautiainen / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, Matsalu National Park, Estonia, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Rautiainen / Yellow anemone (Anemone ranunculoides) and Wood anemone flowers (Anemone nemorosa) Matsalu National Park, Estonia, May 2009

Ross Hoddinott / Close-up of Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower, Devon, UK. April

Simon Colmer / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) Sussex, UK

Niall Benvie / Wood anemone flower {Anemone nemorosa} Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Bernard Castelein / Wood anemone flower {Anemone nemorosa} Belgium

Geoff Simpson / Eyebright flower {Euphrasia nemorosa} Derbyshire, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) flowering on woodland floor. Hampshire, England, UK. March.

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone flower (Anemone nemorosa), RHS Rosemoor, near Great Torrington, Devon, UK. April.

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone flower (Anemone nemorosa), RHS Rosemoor, near Great Torrington, Devon, UK. April.

Sven Zacek / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers. Haanja Nature Park, Vorumaa, Southern Estonia. May.

Andy Sands / Oxlips (Primula eliator) Growing among Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) good indicators of ancient woodland with young coppice and timber tree behind, Suffolk, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowering en-masse under coppice woodland a good ancient woodland indicator species, Suffolk, England, UK, April

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone flower (Anemone nemorosa) Devon, UK. April.

Nick Upton / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) and Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering on woodland floor, SWT Black Rock Reserve, Cheddar Gorge, Mendip Hills, UK, April.

Fabrice Cahez / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) covered in dew drops, Vosges, France, March.

Michael Hutchinson / Tracking shot of Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in woodland, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Tracking shot of Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in woodland, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Robert Thompson / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) by river, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Adrian Davies / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) Surrey, England, UK, March.

Stephen Dalton / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers, Rookery Wood, Sussex, England, UK, April.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower, Saarland, Germany. April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Christophe Courteau / Young girl holding bunch of wild Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) from forest, early spring in France. Model released

Christophe Courteau / Young girl picking bunch of Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers, early spring in France. Model released

Christophe Courteau / Young girl picking bunch of Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers in forest, early spring, France. Model released

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), Halsdon Wood Nature Reserve, near Torrington, Devon, England, UK, April.

Peter Lewis / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) near Wickham, Hampshire, England, UK. April 2013.

Kerstin Hinze / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-sripta) with Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in beech forest, Hallerbos, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, April.

Nick Turner / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower in Beech woodland, Buckholt Woods National Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. April.

Nick Turner / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower in Beech woodland, Buckholt Woods National Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK.

Nick Turner / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers in Beech woodland, Buckholt Woods National Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. April.

Nick Turner / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower in Beech woodland, Buckholt Woods National Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. April 2015.

Robert Thompson / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower, Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Pascal Tordeux / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, medicinal plant. France, April.

Rod Williams / Eyebright (Euphrasia nemorosa) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, Croydon, South London, England, UK, August

Sandra Bartocha / Maple (Acer sp) sapling growing amongst flowering Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in Beech woodland, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Maple (Acer sp) sapling growing amongst flowering Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in Beech woodland, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering, Sommersdorf, Germany, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in Beech woodland, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees with Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering, Eldena nature reserve, near Greifswald, Germany, April.

Fabrice Cahez / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) Vosges, France, March.

Fabrice Cahez / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) Vosges, France, March.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in late evening sunlight, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in late evening sunlight, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in late evening sunlight, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in late evening sunlight, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Bernard Castelein / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Corydalis flowers, (Corydalis solida) , Staatsbossen, Texel, the Netherlands, April.

Bernard Castelein / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, in woodland, Staatsbossen, Texel, the Netherlands, April.

Colin Varndell / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower. Dorset, UK, April.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor, low angle fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) carpeting a woodland floor, low angle fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor, low angle fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) carpeting a woodland floor, fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor. Wide angle view. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor. Wide angle view. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) carpeting a woodland floor, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Gold Swift moth (Hepialus hecta) male, South Karelia, southern Finland, June.

Will Watson / Wild Daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) and Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa), ancient woodland, Herefordshire, England, UK, April.

Paul Hobson / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) soft focus image, Derbyshire, England, UK, April.

Paul Hobson / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) Derbyshire, England, UK, April.

Cyril Ruoso / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers covering forest floor, France

Cyril Ruoso / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowers covering forest floor, France

Chris Mattison / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower. Monsal Dale, Derbyshire, Peak District, April.

Benjamin Barthelemy / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, Vallee des Cailles, Eure-et-Loir, France, April.

David Pike / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower. Stoke Wood, Exeter, Devon, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) close-up of stamens, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees with Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowering, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower abstract, April

Sandra Bartocha / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flower abstract, April

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower. Powerstock Common Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, UK, April. Did you know? The wood anenome was named after the Greek god Anemos.

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Rosemoor, Devon, UK, April.