Anemone caroliniana
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| Anemone caroliniana Walter |
Anemone caroliniana (Carolina Anemone) is a herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow (7)10 to 40 cm tall, from short tuber-like rhizomes that are 10-30 mm long. Stem leaves without petioles. Plants flowering early to mid spring with the flowers composed of 10 to 20 sepals (sometimes called tepals) normally white or soft rose colored but also purple, one flower per stem, the sepals are 10 to 22 mm long and 2-5 mm wide. Fruits in heads ovoid to subcylindric in shape, 17-25 mm long.
Native to central North America where it is found growing in dry prairies, barrens and open rocky woods.[1] Anemone carolinianais an attractive species with large, showy flowers for the size of the plant. They can be grown in a garden setting as long as the soil is not too moist.
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- ^ Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America Vol 3, Magnoliophyta:Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Oxford University Press, pp 139-158. ISBN 019511246-6.
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