Carolina anemone
(Anemone caroliniana)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | NNR - Unranked SNR - Unranked |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Carolina anemone is an erect perennial rising from a globular, ascending or vertical tuber and one to several ascending or horizontal underground stems (rhizomes). The rhizomes grow quickly and the plant is often found carpeting large areas. One to three basal leaves rise from the ground on stalks 1″ to 4″ long. They are divided into three leaflets, each of which is again divided into three lobes. The leaflets are hairless and toothed. In early spring the leaves are often reddish purple, but they eventually turn green. A solitary flower rises at the top of an reddish purple, unbranched stem that is hairless at the base but has long, soft, shaggy, but unmatted hairs near the top. On the lower part of the stem is a whorl of 3 leaves. The stem leaves are similar to the basal leaves only smaller, ½″ to 1″ long. They are attached to the stem without a stalk and are fused at the base. They are divided into three leaflets, each of which is again divided into three lobes with pointed tips. The leaflets are toothed above the middle and have sparse long, soft, straight hairs. The flower is 1″ to 1½″ wide, daisy-like, unscented, with 10 to 20 white to rose or purple, petal-like sepals. At the center are a number of yellow pistils and stamens. The bud is light pink or light purple. The flowers open in the morning and close by mid-afternoon. |
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Height |
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4″ to 6″ |
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Flower Color |
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White to rose or blue to purple |
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Habitat |
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Dry. Prairies, barrens, pastures, meadows, open woods. Full or partial sun. |
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Ecology |
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Flowering |
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April to May |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Magnoliopsida (flowering plants) | ||
| Superorder | Ranunculanae | ||
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Ranunculales (buttercups, poppies, and allies) | ||
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Ranunculaceae (buttercups) | ||
| Subfamily | Ranunculoideae (anemones, buttercups, larkspurs and allies) | ||
| Tribe | Anemoneae (anemones and allies) | ||
Genus |
Anemone (anemones and thimbleweeds) | ||
| Section | Anemone | ||
| Subsection | Carolinianae | ||
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Carolina anemone Carolina anemone prairie anemone |
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Glossary
Rhizome
A horizontal, usually underground stem. It serves as a reproductive structure, producing roots below and shoots above at the nodes.
Sepal
An outer floral leaf, usually green but sometimes colored, at the base of a flower.
Tuber
An underground root (as with dahlias) or stem (as with potatoes), thickened by the accumulation of reserved food (usually starch), which serves for food storage and vegetative propagation.
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