Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone caroliniana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Carolina Anemone from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone caroliniana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Anemone caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-002:
Anemone caroliniana FAMILY Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Anemone, Prairie Anemone
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March Mecklenburg County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
The showy 1.5" solitary flower has no petals and 10-20 sepals, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone caroliniana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone caroliniana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Anemone caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-002:
Anemone caroliniana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone caroliniana
92
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Clayey soils of post oak and blackjack oak woodlands (Iredell soils), calcareous glades and barrens, wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in SC, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Basal & leaf-like bracts
FLOWER:
Spring
Pale blue/White
8-20 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p097
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p199
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p06
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p045
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p033
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p054
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p046
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