Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eranthis hyemalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Winter Aconite from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eranthis hyemalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eranthis hyemalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Eranthis hyemalis
COMMON NAME:
Winter-aconite
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erhy4_001_lvd
)
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eranthis_hyemalis
March
Solitary flower subtended by deeply lobed [bracts]. Basal lvs appear later, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eranthis hyemalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eranthis hyemalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eranthis hyemalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Eranthis hyemalis
3620
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Cultivated in gardens, sometimes persisting or escaped near gardens, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple & palmately divided, or palmately compound with 3-5 leaflets
Basal
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-8 sepals
Petals absent (or inconspicuous)
30-36 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary, terminal
FRUIT:
Spring
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- The Southern Living Garden Book p214
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".