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

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''tomentosa'' means "thickly matted with hairs, tomentum (padding)". In Chinese, a common name is da huo cao (大火草), which means "big fire grass" or "great fireweed".

Taxonomy

''Eriocapitella tomentosa'' was described by

Maarten J. M. Christenhusz Dr Maarten Joost Maria Christenhusz (born 27 April 1976) is a Dutch botanist, natural historian and photographer. Career He was born in Enschede, the Netherlands, received his undergraduate and master's degrees from Utrecht University in ...

and

James W. Byng James W. Byng is a British botanist who is Managing Director and Scientific Curator at Hortus Botanicus DelftTU Delft Botanic Garden, an associate of Plant Gateway, and a Visiting Research Fellow at Naturalis Biodiversity Center. He was tr ...

in 2018. Like other members of genus ''Eriocapitella'', ''E. tomentosa'' was formerly a member of genus '' Anemone''. In particular, the

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''Anemone japonica'' var. ''tomentosa'' Maxim. and the

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''Anemone tomentosa'' (Maxim.) C.Pei were described in 1889 and 1933, respectively. ''Eriocapitella tomentosa'' is often confused with ''E. vitifolia''. Indeed, the former was thought to be a variety of the latter for over 100 years. Specifically, the names ''Anemone vitifolia'' var. ''tomentosa'' (Maxim.) Finet & Gagnep. and ''Eriocapitella vitifolia'' var. ''tomentosa'' (Maxim.) Nakai, both of which are synonyms of ''Anemone tomentosa'', were described in 1904 and 1941, respectively.

Ecology

''Eriocapitella tomentosa'' along with four other taxa ( ''E. hupehensis'', ''E. japonica'', ''E. vitifolia'', and ''E.'' × ''hybrida'') are known as fall-blooming anemones. In its native habitat, ''E. tomentosa'' flowers from July to October.

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* * tomentosa Flora of Asia Plants described in 2018 Taxa named by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz Taxa named by James W. Byng Taxa named by Karl Maximovich {{Ranunculaceae-stub