OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eranthis hyemalis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eranthis hyemalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Eranthis hyemalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Winter-aconite


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image of Eranthis hyemalis, Winter-aconite

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_erhy4_001_lvd

        

image of Eranthis hyemalis, Winter-aconite

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_eranthis_hyemalis

March        

Solitary flower subtended by deeply lobed [bracts]. Basal lvs appear later, per The Southern Living Garden Book.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eranthis hyemalis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eranthis hyemalis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eranthis hyemalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Eranthis hyemalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3620

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Cultivated in gardens, sometimes persisting or escaped near gardens, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare

map
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LEAVES:
Simple & palmately divided, or palmately compound with 3-5 leaflets
Basal
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-8 sepals
Petals absent (or inconspicuous)
30-36 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary, terminal

FRUIT:
Spring
Follicle

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

  • The Southern Living Garden Book p214


 


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