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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Wood Anemone from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
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
Synthesis of the North American Flora (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)
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 jkm090321_221
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
The (usually) 5 white petal-like sepals are often reddish beneath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7271
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3897
April Greenville County SC
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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.
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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.