Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemonastrum canadense
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone canadensis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anemonastrum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Anemone canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Anemonidium canadense
COMMON NAME:
Canada Anemone
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anca8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_anca8_008_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0305w_12
May Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Leaves lobed, toothed, and variously cleft, per Weakley's Flora.
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1925_a
June
In cultivation
Flowers up to 1.5" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemonastrum canadense
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone canadensis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anemonastrum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Anemone canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Anemonidium canadense
1925
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, woodlands, moist prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Basal leaves simple (often deeply divided)
Whorled or opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p280
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p159
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p046
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