OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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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image of Anemone caroliniana, Carolina Anemone, Prairie Anemone

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_anca9_001_lvd

        

image of Anemone caroliniana, Carolina Anemone, Prairie Anemone

Will Stuart    wil_6836683786_d6c5df36c6

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

 

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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

 

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