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pasqueflower, prairie pasqueflower, prairie smoke, prairie-crocus

anémone de Richardson, yellow anemone, yellow thimbleweed

Aerial shoots

5-30 cm, from rhizomes, rhizomes horizontal.

Basal leaves

1, simple;

petiole (0.8-)2-8(-12) cm;

leaf blade reniform to ±orbiculate, (1-)1.5-3(-4) × 1.5-4 cm, base somewhat cordate, margins crenate to serrate ±throughout, apex acute to broadly acute, surfaces glabrous or ±villous, or abaxially glabrescent;

segments primarily 3, rhombic;

lateral segments unlobed or 1x-lobed; ultimate lobes 4-10(-15) mm wide.

Inflorescences

1-flowered;

peduncle puberulous;

involucral bracts 2-3, 1-tiered, simple, ±similar to basal leaves, primarily rhombic, 1-3.5 cm, bases distinct, cuneate, margins crenate on distal 1/2, apex acute to narrowly acute, surfaces glabrous or ±villous, or abaxially glabrescent;

segments 3, primarily rhombic;

lateral segments unlobed, 2-10 mm wide.

Flowers

sepals (4-)6(-8), yellow (rarely abaxially yellow, tinged blue, and adaxially yellow), elliptic, 8-15 × 4-10 mm, abaxially villous, especially proximally, adaxially glabrous;

stamens 25-55.

Achenes

body ovoid to oblong, 3-4 × ca. 1.5 mm, not winged, glabrous;

beak recurved, 4-6 mm, glabrous.

Heads of achenes

loosely spheric;

pedicel 3-20 cm.

2n

=14.

Anemone patens

Anemone richardsonii

Phenology Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat Thickets, moist woods, meadows, slopes
Elevation 20-2200 m (100-7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
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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from FNA
AK; AB; BC; MB; NF; NT; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Asia
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Discussion

Varieties ca. 4 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Anemone Ranunculaceae > Anemone
Sibling taxa
A. acutiloba, A. americana, A. berlandieri, A. canadensis, A. caroliniana, A. cylindrica, A. deltoidea, A. drummondii, A. edwardsiana, A. grayi, A. lancifolia, A. lyallii, A. multiceps, A. multifida, A. narcissiflora, A. occidentalis, A. okennonii, A. oregana, A. parviflora, A. piperi, A. quinquefolia, A. richardsonii, A. tuberosa, A. virginiana
A. acutiloba, A. americana, A. berlandieri, A. canadensis, A. caroliniana, A. cylindrica, A. deltoidea, A. drummondii, A. edwardsiana, A. grayi, A. lancifolia, A. lyallii, A. multiceps, A. multifida, A. narcissiflora, A. occidentalis, A. okennonii, A. oregana, A. parviflora, A. patens, A. piperi, A. quinquefolia, A. tuberosa, A. virginiana
Subordinate taxa
A. patens var. multifida
Synonyms A. vahlii
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 538. (1753) Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 6. (1829)
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