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Ranunculaceae
Anemone

not marked as a favorite taxon Anemone lancifolia Pursh. Common name: Lanceleaf Anemone. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Rich, moist soils on slopes or in bottomlands. Distribution: W. MD and n. WV south to n. GA, in and near the Appalachians.

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Section: Anemone. Subsection: Anemonanthea.

ID notes: Anemone lancifolia is a somewhat larger plant than the closely related A. quinquefolia.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA3, G, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, Tn, Va, W; = Anemone quinquefolia L. var. lancifolia (Pursh) Fosberg; < Anemone quinquefolia L. — Hoot, Meyer, & Manning (2012); < Anemone trifolia L. — S13, misapplied. Basionym: Anemone lancifolia Pursh 1814 [1813]

Links to other floras: = Anemone lancifolia - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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image #1 of Anemone lancifolia© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of rich, moist soils on slopes or in bottomlands and seepage swamps; also occasionally in nutrient-poor soils.

Stems: Stems unbranched, smooth to sparsely hairy.

Leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, solitary, divided into 3 leaflets; stem leaves 3 at top of stem just below flowering stalk, divided into 3 narrowly diamond-shaped to elliptic, toothed leaflets.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on smooth, slender stalk from top of stem; white, consisting of 5 (4-7) oblong-elliptic, very veiny petal-like sepals encircling a small domed compound ovary and numerous stamens.

Fruits:

Comments: Similar to A. quinquefolia and usually distinguished by its longer (to 3/4 in.) sepals; but intergrades between the 2 species are frequent, making the identity of many plants problematic.

Height: 4-11 in.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of rich, moist soils on slopes or in bottomlands and seepage swamps; also occasionally in nutrient-poor soils.

stems: Stems unbranched, smooth to sparsely hairy.

leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, solitary, divided into 3 leaflets; stem leaves 3 at top of stem just below flowering stalk, divided into 3 narrowly diamond-shaped to elliptic, toothed leaflets.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on smooth, slender stalk from top of stem; white, consisting of 5 (4-7) oblong-elliptic, very veiny petal-like sepals encircling a small domed compound ovary and numerous stamens.

fruits:

comments: Similar to A. quinquefolia and usually distinguished by its longer (to 3/4 in.) sepals; but intergrades between the 2 species are frequent, making the identity of many plants problematic.

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