Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone berlandieri
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Eastern Prairie Anemone from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone berlandieri
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Anemone berlandieri
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-002?:
Anemone caroliniana FAMILY Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Prairie Anemone, Glade Windflower, Southern Thimbleweed, Ten-petal Anemone
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1742
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1742b
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1743
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaflike bracts 3 per stem, attached above the middle of the stem, each w 3+ narrow segments, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1775
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1778
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1782
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Basal leaves divided into 3 oval segments, those segments irregularly lobed, toothed and hairy, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_anemone_berlandieri1
May Moore County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_anemone_berlandieri4
May Moore County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anemone berlandieri
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone berlandieri
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Anemone berlandieri
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-002?:
Anemone caroliniana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone caroliniana
2377
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Thin, circumneutral soils around rock outcrops, calcareous glades, calcareous hammocks (in FL), calcareous bluffs, chalk outcrops & thin-soiled black-belt prairies, lawns and mowed roadsides (over calcareous soils), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Basal & leaf-like bracts
FLOWER:
Spring
Pale blue/White
8-20 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p199
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p045
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p175
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p302
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p046
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