Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone lancifolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Mountain Anemone from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Anemone lancifolia is a somewhat larger plant than the closely related A. quinquefolia, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone lancifolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Anemone lancifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-004:
Anemone lancifolia FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone lancifolia
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Anemone, Lanceleaf Anemone
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_antr5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200310_3120
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504d_11
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Stem leaves dissected into 3 segments, outer segments not deeply cut, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm070407_057
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200505_4632
May Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone lancifolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone lancifolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Anemone lancifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-004:
Anemone lancifolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone lancifolia
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, moist soils on slopes or in bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Whorled or opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-6 petaloid sepals (usually)
Petals absent
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p028
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p179
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p212
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p288
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p158
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p014
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p047
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