OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemonastrum canadense   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Anemonastrum canadense, Canada Anemone

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_anca8_001_lvd

        

image of Anemonastrum canadense, Canada Anemone

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_anca8_008_lvd

        

image of Anemonastrum canadense, Canada Anemone

JK Marlow    jkm0305w_12

May    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

Leaves lobed, toothed, and variously cleft, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Anemonastrum canadense, Canada Anemone

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

 

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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

 

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