Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone quinquefolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Wood Anemone from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-003:
Anemone quinquefolia FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone quinquefolia
COMMON NAME:
Wood Anemone
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JK Marlow jkm090321_218
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140322_334
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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JK Marlow jkm140412_917
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140412_917b
April Transylvania County NC
A single flower terminates the stem & usually has 5 white sepals (no petals), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7271
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3897
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6687
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230420_2756
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240412_8466
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm250423_2614
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
The (usually) 5 white petal-like sepals are often reddish beneath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Keith Bradley kab_a_quinquefolia_03135
April Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_a_quinquefolia_1019
April Polk County NC
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Terry Gentry tmg_p4030084
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090503_051
May Polk County NC
Similar to A. lancifolia but 5 leaflets, or 3 with lateral ones deeply cut, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm090503_056b
May Polk County NC
Leaves and stems are covered in fine hairs, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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Tim Spira tps_aquinquefolia_wv2
May
Stem leaves are shaped similarly to the single basal leaf, but smaller, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone quinquefolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-003:
Anemone quinquefolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone quinquefolia
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, moist forests, grassy balds, often abundant at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p098
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p101
- 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) p159
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p014
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p079
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p302
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p032
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p054
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p333
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p046
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