Burke: Anemone patens

	Anemone patens
	pasqueflower, prairie-crocus
Habit	Grayish, hairy perennial from a branched, woody base, the 1-many stems 5-25 cm. tall.
Leaves	Basal leaves numerous, long-petiolate, the blades 4-10 cm. broad, primarily ternate but divided into numerous linear divisions 1-2 mm. broad; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves near the midpoint, divided much like the basal leaves, but smaller and sessile.
Flowers	Flowers single; sepals 5-7, blue to purple, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 cm long; petals none; stamens and pistils numerous.
Fruits	Achenes numerous, silky, linear-ellipsoid, 3 mm. long; style slender, flexuous, short-plumose, 2-3.5 mm. long.

	Anemone patens
Flowering time	May-August
Habitat	Prairies to mountain slopes, mostly on well-drained soil.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the Wenatchee Mountains in Washington, where disjunct from the main species range; Alaska, south in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico, east to the northern Great Plains and the Great Lakes region. [WildflowerSearch map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	A. deltoidea, A. drummondii, A. lyallii, A. multifida, A. occidentalis, A. oregana, A. parviflora, A. piperi
Subordinate taxa	A. patens var. multifida
Web links	Local floras: BC, 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

Anemone patens

pasqueflower, prairie-crocus

Habit

Grayish, hairy perennial from a branched, woody base, the 1-many stems 5-25 cm. tall.

Leaves

Basal leaves numerous, long-petiolate, the blades 4-10 cm. broad, primarily ternate but divided into numerous linear divisions 1-2 mm. broad; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves near the midpoint, divided much like the basal leaves, but smaller and sessile.

Flowers

Flowers single;

sepals 5-7, blue to purple, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 cm long;

petals none;

stamens and pistils numerous.

Fruits

Achenes numerous, silky, linear-ellipsoid, 3 mm. long;

style slender, flexuous, short-plumose, 2-3.5 mm. long.

Anemone patens

Flowering time

May-August

Habitat

Prairies to mountain slopes, mostly on well-drained soil.

Distribution

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the Wenatchee Mountains in Washington, where disjunct from the main species range; Alaska, south in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico, east to the northern Great Plains and the Great Lakes region.

[WildflowerSearch map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Threatened in Washington (WANHP)

Sibling taxa