In article , [H]omer
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We've got these in our back garden:

http://www.genesis-x.nildram.co.uk/images/flower.jpg
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Smaller pictu
http://www.genesis-x.nildram.co.uk/i...ower-small.jpg
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And yes, those are *it's* leaves in the foreground. The flower has a
long thin green stem.

My Mother seems to think this is a rare/endangered wild woodland species,
but doesn't know for sure what it is; any ideas?

Nice :-)
She's partly right - it's Anemone nemorosa - wood anemone or wildflower
- which is a wildflower (though not endangered, but as a woodland
species it's not exactly weed status) - except that this is not the wild
species, it's a double flowered garden variety.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm