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ArticleAmerican journal of botany2026

Color polymorphism in Anemone coronaria: Correlations with soil, climate, and flowering phenology.

Tzlil Labin, Banisha Phukela, Tamar Keasar, Nirit Lavie-Alon, Yuval Sapir

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Tzlil LabinDepartment of Evolutionary & Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0009-0007-7113-1226
Banisha PhukelaSchool of Plant Sciences & Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-3028-6348
Tamar KeasarDepartment of Biology & Environment, University of Haifa - Oranim, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4925-0823
Nirit Lavie-AlonSociety for the Protection of Nature in Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-6136-4209
Yuval SapirSchool of Plant Sciences & Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9685-8076

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

premiseFlower color polymorphism (FCP) is thought to be driven by multiple selection agents. Although widely associated with visual attraction of multiple pollinators, FCP is also often correlated with abiotic factors. We explored the links between abiotic conditions, flowering phenology, and FCP in the winter-flowering geophyte Anemone coronaria L., which forms color-polymorphic or red-only populations.

methodsWe mapped the geographical distribution of color diversity in A. coronaria in Israel using citizen-science data. We recorded the phenology and density of red and non-red flowers during two flowering seasons in 18 plots along a rainfall gradient. We related the spatiotemporal data to soil and climate measures.

resultsColor-polymorphic populations are restricted to Mediterranean sites (>450 mm annual rainfall, >60% soil saturation), whereas red populations are found in Mediterranean and in semiarid sites, and in soils with high (>15%) soil calcium carbonate (CaCO

conclusionsThe spatiotemporal patterns of FCP in A. coronaria may reflect adaptation of red flowers to stressful semiarid abiotic conditions and to pollinator preferences. Abiotic conditions that delay flowering may benefit red anemones by enhancing their probability of encountering glaphyrid beetles, their specialized pollinators.

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AnemoneClimateFlowersPigmentationPolymorphism, GeneticSoilColorIsraelSeasonsSoilabioticCaCO3citizen scienceedaphic factorsflower color polymorphismMediterraneanphenologyrainfallRanunculaceaetemperature

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