Anemone richardsonii |
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anémone de Richardson, yellow anemone, yellow thimbleweed |
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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 richardsonii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug). |
Habitat | Thickets, moist woods, meadows, slopes |
Elevation | 20-2200 m (100-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AB; BC; MB; NF; NT; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Asia
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Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Anemone |
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Synonyms | A. vahlii |
Name authority | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 6. (1829) |
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