Globe Flower Trollius europaeus

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Family Ranunculaceae

Description

Flower globe is made up of 10 sepals, which have taken over the function of petals in attracting insects. The actual petals are narrow and hidden inside the globe.Root leaves cut to the base into five lobes, each in turn divided into three lobes, and these deeply toothed. Stem leaves even more deeply cut, with narrower segments. Root leaves quite high off the ground It grows in damp ground in shady areas, woodland and scrub, flowering between June and August.