''Eriocapitella rupicola'', a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, is native to Asia. The

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''rupicola'' means "growing on rocks". In Chinese, a common name is yan sheng yin lian hua, which means "rock anemone".

Taxonomy

''Eriocapitella rupicola'' was described by

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and

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in 2018. Like other members of genus ''Eriocapitella'', ''E. rupicola'' was formerly a member of genus '' Anemone''. The

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''Anemone rupicola'' Cambess. was described in 1844.

Cultivation

The cultivar ''Eriocapitella rupicola'' 'Wild Swan' won the Plant of the Year Award at the

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in 2011. It is said to be a cross between ''E. rupicola'' and ''E. hupehensis''.

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* * rupicola Flora of Asia Plants described in 2018 Taxa named by Jacques Cambessedes {{Ranunculaceae-stub