rue anemone

not listed

N5 - Secure

SNR - Unranked

not listed

FAC - Facultative

FACU - Facultative upland

FACU - Facultative upland

Rue anemone is a 4″ to 8″ tall, erect, perennial forb that rises on one or more stems from a small cluster of black, tuberous roots.

Basal leaves arise from the base of the plant on stalks 4¾″ long. The basal leaves divided into 3 segments, each segment divided into 3 stalked leaflets. The leaflets are widely egg-shaped or nearly round, ⅓″ to 1⅛″ wide. The upper and lower surfaces are hairless. The margins are untoothed but have 2 shallow notches toward the tip, effectively creating 3 shallow lobes.

A solitary, hairless, flowering stalk, up to 8″ long, rises from the ground. At the end of the stalk is an umbel-like cluster of 1 to 6, usually no less than 3, flowers. Just below the inflorescence are 2 opposite or 3 whorled leaves, which are similar to the basal leaves.

The flowers are ⅓″ to 1¼″ across and have 5 to 10 usually white, but sometimes pale pink-purple, petal-like sepals. There are no petals.

4″ to 8″

White to pale pink-purple

Eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) is often much taller, reaching up to 16″. The flowers are smaller, only ½″ to ¾″ across, with 5 petal-like sepals that are always white. The leaves are more deeply lobed. It often forms colonies.

Dry or moist woods.

April to June

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28 30.

Native

Plant

Flower

Pink and White Flowers

Leaves

Location: Vetsch Park

Location: Joy Park