Anemone berlandieri |
Anemone caroliniana |
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tenpetal anemone, tenpetal thimbleweed |
Carolina anemone |
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Aerial shoots | (10-)30-50 cm, from tubers, rarely also from rhizomes, tubers vertical, rarely ascending. |
5-35(-60) cm, from tubers with rhizomes near apex, tubers ascending or vertical, rhizomes horizontal or ascending. |
Basal leaves | (1-)3-6(-9), 1-(nearly 2)-ternate; petiole 3-20 cm; terminal leaflet sessile, rarely petiolulate, ovate to obovate, 1-3(-6) × (0.4-)0.7-3(-4) cm, base broadly cuneate, margins crenate to serrate on distal 1/2, rarely on distal 2/3, apex obtuse to broadly acute, surfaces pubescent; lateral leaflets unlobed or 1x-lobed or -parted; ultimate lobes (6-)8-12 mm wide. |
1-3(-5), 1-2-ternate; petiole 3-9(-10) cm; terminal leaflet petiolulate, rarely sessile, obtriangular, 2-3-cleft, 1-3 × 0.8-2(-2.5) cm, base narrowly attenuate to strongly and narrowly cuneate, margins serrate, rarely dissected on distal 2/3, apex obtuse to broadly acute, surfaces glabrous; lateral leaflets ±pinnately 1-2(-3)×-lobed or -parted; ultimate lobes 2-10 mm wide. |
Inflorescences | 1-flowered; peduncle villous; involucral bracts 3, borne above middle of scape at anthesis, 1-tiered, simple, dissimilar to basal leaves, obtriangular, 3-cleft, (1-)1.5-4(-5) cm, bases clasping, ±connate, margins incised throughout, apex narrowly acute to acuminate, surfaces pilose; segments primarily 3, broadly linear; lateral segments unlobed or occasionally 1x-lobed; ultimate lobes 1.5-2.5 mm wide. |
1-flowered; peduncle proximally glabrous, distally villous; involucral bracts 3, borne below middle of scape at anthesis, 1-tiered, simple, ±similar to basal leaves, obtriangular, 3-cleft, 1-2.5 cm, bases somewhat clasping, connate, margins incised on distal 1/2, apex acuminate, surfaces sparsely pilose; segments 3, broadly linear; lateral segments 1-2x-lobed or -parted; ultimate lobes 1-2.5 mm wide. |
Flowers | sepals (7-)10-17(-25), abaxially blue to violet, adaxially white, linear-oblong, rarely narrowly elliptic, (10-)15-20 × 2-3(-4) mm, abaxially hairy, especially toward base, adaxially glabrous or hairy toward base; stamens 60-70. |
sepals 10-20(-30), white to rose or blue to purple, linear to oblong, (6-)10-20(-22) × 2-5(-7) mm, abaxially sparsely hairy, adaxially glabrous or nearly so; stamens 50-60. |
Achenes | body elliptic, flat, 2.7-3.5 × 2.2-2.5 mm, not winged, densely white-woolly; beak subulate, curved, 1-2.3 mm, hidden in achene indument, white tomentose, not plumose. |
body ovoid, 1.5-2.5(-3) × ca. 2 mm, not winged, densely woolly; beak straight, 1.3-2 mm, projecting beyond achene indument, proximally tomentose, not plumose. |
Heads of achenes | cylindric; pedicel (7-)9-15(-28) cm. |
fusiform; pedicel (5-)10-20 cm. |
2n | =16. |
=16. |
Anemone berlandieri |
Anemone caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–spring (Feb–Apr). | Flowering winter–spring (Feb–Apr). |
Habitat | Open grasslands, prairies, hillsides, often limy substrate, also woods over thin shale | Dry prairies, barrens, pastures, meadows, rocky, open woods |
Elevation | 60-1100m (200-3600ft) | 60-700m (200-2300ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; KS; LA; MS; NC; OK; SC; TX; VA; n Mexico
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AL; AR; GA; IA; IL; KS; LA; MN; MO; MS; NE; OK; SC; SD; TN; TX; WI
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Discussion | Anemone caroliniana was recorded from Indiana (Vigo County); it has since been extirpated. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Anemone | Ranunculaceae > Anemone |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. heterophylla | |
Name authority | Pritzel: Linnaea 15: 628. (1841) | Walter: Fl. Carol., 157. (1788) |
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