Anemone lancifolia Pursh. Section: Anemone. Subsection: Anemonanthea. 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.
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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Horticultural Information
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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