2377

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in thin, circumneutral soils around rock outcrops, calcareous glades, calcareous hammocks (in FL), per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple: Dissected, appearing compound
Basal & leaf-like bracts

FLOWER:
Spring
Pale blue/White
8-20 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p045
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p046

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Anemone berlandieri   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone berlandieri   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-16-002?:
Anemone caroliniana   FAMILY Ranunculaceae