Anemone_canadensis

USDA Plant Profile Flora of N. America

Scientific Name: Anemone_canadensis
Common Name: Canada anemone
Origin: Native
Notes: There are three common white flowered anemones in our area. Anemone quinquefolia blooms; April—June in open wooded areas and is slender and short (less than a foot). Its involucral bracts are long petioled. The other two plants are sturdier and usually taller than one foot. Both prefer bright open spaces. A. canadensis has globose fruit heads, likes wet to mesic soils, and blooms; May—July. A. cylindrica has fruit heads which are slender-cylindric, prefers dry to mesic soils and blooms; May—June.
Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

Field Marks for Identification:

Flowers: May; white composite flowers with numerous green pistils in the center surrounded by many yellow stamen; these are subtended by (usually five) white petaloid sepals; primary floral head sits atop a peduncle below which is the primary involucre with three leaf-like connate bracts. secondary peduncles (1-3) each with an involucel and a smaller floral head may also arise from the primary involucre.

Leaves: Basal leaves have long (8-22 cm) petioles. Leaf blades are simple but deeply divided with serrate margins.

Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Classification Hierarchy
Kingdom	Plantae
Subkingdom	Tracheophyta
Superdivision	Spermatophyta
Division	Magnoliophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Anemone
Species	Anemone canadensis