Burke: Anemone parviflora vs. Anemone multifida

	Anemone parviflora	Anemone multifida
	northern anemone, small-flowered anemone, northern windflower	cliff anemone, Pacific anemone
Habit	Sub-glabrous to densely hairy perennial from slender, horizontal rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall.	Hairy perennial from a branched woody base, the 1-several stems1.5-5 dm. tall.
Leaves	Basal leaves several, the blades cordate-reniform, 1.5-3 cm. broad, ternate, the leaflets wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, the lateral pair deeply lobed as well; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves above the midpoint, these simple but deeply tri-lobed.	Basal leaves numerous, the blades 3-10 cm. broad, divided into 3 or 5 sections and cleft 2-3 times, the ultimate segments 2+ mm. broad; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves near the midpoint, these similar to but smaller than the basal leaves.
Flowers	Flowers single: sepals usually 5, white or bluish tinged, hairy on the outer surface, 10-15 mm. long; petals none; stamens and pistils numerous.	Flowers usually 2 or 3; sepals 5-9, oblong-elliptic, 7-15 mm. long, yellowish and tinged with red, blue or purple, especially on the outer surface; petals none; stamens and pistils numerous.
Fruits	Achenes densely woolly, obovate, 2-2.5 mm. long; style straight, 1.5-2 mm. long, glabrous.	Achenes in a globose cluster, silky-woolly with hairs 3-8 mm. long; styles stout, 1-1.5 mm. long, reddish

	Anemone parviflora	Anemone multifida
Flowering time	May-August	May-August
Habitat	Mountain meadows and subalpine stream banks.	From forest openings in the foothills to alpine meadows.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to northern Washington, east to Montana and Wyoming, in scattered locations in Utah and Colorado, and also east across northern Canada to the Atlantic Coast. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Olympic Mountains in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	A. deltoidea, A. drummondii, A. lyallii, A. multifida, A. occidentalis, A. oregana, A. patens, A. piperi	A. deltoidea, A. drummondii, A. lyallii, A. occidentalis, A. oregana, A. parviflora, A. patens, A. piperi
Subordinate taxa		A. multifida var. multifida, A. multifida var. saxicola
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Anemone multifida

northern anemone, small-flowered anemone, northern windflower

cliff anemone, Pacific anemone

Habit

Sub-glabrous to densely hairy perennial from slender, horizontal rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall.

Hairy perennial from a branched woody base, the 1-several stems1.5-5 dm. tall.

Leaves

Basal leaves several, the blades cordate-reniform, 1.5-3 cm. broad, ternate, the leaflets wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, the lateral pair deeply lobed as well; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves above the midpoint, these simple but deeply tri-lobed.

Basal leaves numerous, the blades 3-10 cm. broad, divided into 3 or 5 sections and cleft 2-3 times, the ultimate segments 2+ mm. broad; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves near the midpoint, these similar to but smaller than the basal leaves.

Flowers

Flowers single: sepals usually 5, white or bluish tinged, hairy on the outer surface, 10-15 mm. long;

petals none;

stamens and pistils numerous.

Flowers usually 2 or 3;

sepals 5-9, oblong-elliptic, 7-15 mm. long, yellowish and tinged with red, blue or purple, especially on the outer surface;

petals none;

stamens and pistils numerous.

Fruits

Achenes densely woolly, obovate, 2-2.5 mm. long;

style straight, 1.5-2 mm. long, glabrous.

Achenes in a globose cluster, silky-woolly with hairs 3-8 mm. long;

styles stout, 1-1.5 mm. long, reddish

Anemone parviflora

Anemone multifida

Flowering time

May-August

Habitat

Mountain meadows and subalpine stream banks.

From forest openings in the foothills to alpine meadows.

Distribution

Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to northern Washington, east to Montana and Wyoming, in scattered locations in Utah and Colorado, and also east across northern Canada to the Atlantic Coast.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Olympic Mountains in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa