Anemone virginiana var. alba
Class-book Bot. ed. 2(a), 140. 1847.
Endemic
Basionym: Anemone cylindrica var. alba Oakes Mag. Hort. Bot. 7: 182. 1841
Synonyms: Anemone riparia Fernald Anemone virginiana var. riparia (Fernald) B.Boivin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Inflorescences: involucral bracts with base often truncate to subtruncate, sometimes reniform or cordate; terminal leaflets dark green, margins proximally concave to straight-sided, distally incised, abaxially thinly pubescent. Flowers: sepals (9-)10-21 mm, abaxially thinly pubescent; anthers 0.8-1.2(-1.7) mm. Heads of achenes ±ovoid-cylindric, 8-10(-11) mm diam. 2n=16.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
Habitat: Riparian areas, moist cliffs and ledges
Elevation: 10-1000 m
Distribution
N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Vt., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.