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A view of close up Red Anemone Coronaria in Malkara on the way of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu yolu üzerinde Malkara'da yakın çekim Kırmızı Taçlı Dağ Lalesi'nin bir görüntüsü). Anemone Coronaria, literally Spanish Marigold, Turkish Dağ Lalesi, Hebrew Calanit, Arabic Shaqa'iq An-Nu'man) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anemone, native to the Mediterranean Region.

The anemone coronaria is herbaceous perennials with fibrous, rhizomatous or tuberous rootstocks, palmately lobed leaves and saucer-shaped, usually 5-petalled flowers. It is tuberous perennial with finely dissected, palmate leaves and solitary flowers to 7cm across, which may be red, violet-blue or white; there are also double-flowered cultivars. The Arabic name is شقائق النعمان | Shaqa'iq An-Nu'man translated literally as the wounds, or pieces, of Nu'man. In Hebrew, the anemone is כלנית מצויה (Calanit metzouya). Calanit comes from the Hebrew word Cala כלה which means bride, metzouya means common. The calanit earned its name because of its beauty and majesty, evoking a bride on her wedding day.