Anemone patens |
Anemone piperi |
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pasqueflower, prairie pasqueflower, prairie smoke, prairie-crocus |
Piper's anemone, Piper's windflower |
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Aerial shoots | 10-35 cm, from rhizomes, rhizomes primarily vertical, occasionally strongly ascending. |
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Basal leaves | (0-)1-2, ternate; petiole 10-20 cm; terminal leaflet sessile, rhombic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, (1.5-)2.5-6 × (1-)2-4 cm, base narrowly cuneate, margins coarsely serrate to coarsely dentate on distal 1/2-2/3, apex acuminate to narrowly acute, surfaces pilose or glabrous; lateral leaflets unlobed or sometimes 1x-lobed; ultimate lobes 10-19 mm wide. |
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Inflorescences | 1-flowered; peduncle coarsely pilose distally; involucral bracts 3, 1-tiered, ternate, ±similar to basal leaves, bases distinct; terminal leaflet sessile, rhombic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, (1.5-)2-5.5(-7) × (0.6-)1-2.5 cm, base narrowly cuneate, margins coarsely serrate to coarsely dentate on distal 1/2-2/3, apex acuminate to narrowly acute, surfaces pilose or glabrous; lateral leaflets unlobed or sometimes 1x-lobed; ultimate lobes (5-)8-18 mm wide. |
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Flowers | sepals 5-7, white, rarely pinkish, elliptic-obovate to ovate, (6-)8-20 × 6-8 mm, glabrous; stamens 35-55(-90). |
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Achenes | body ellipsoid to obliquely ovoid, 3-4 × 1.5-2 mm, not winged, villous; beak straight or slightly curved, 0.5-1 mm, glabrous or proximally minutely puberulous, not plumose. |
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Heads of achenes | nearly spheric; pedicel (1.5-)2-5 cm. |
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Anemone patens |
Anemone piperi |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug). | |
Habitat | Shaded, moist woods | |
Elevation | 400-3000 m (1300-9800 ft) | |
Distribution |
AK; CO; IA; ID; IL; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; SD; UT; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; ON; SK; YT; Eurasia
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ID; MT; OR; UT; WA; BC
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Discussion | Varieties ca. 4 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Plants of Anemone piperi from southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon (i.e., the westernmost limits of the species) are sometimes intermediate between A. piperi and A. oregana. Although they possess vertical rhizomes characteristic of A. piperi, they have the bluish or pinkish sepals of A. oregana. These plants are best referred to A. piperi, pending detailed biosystematic analysis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Anemone | Ranunculaceae > Anemone |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 538. (1753) | Britton ex Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 153. (1902) |
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