Anemone virginiana var. alba

(Oakes) A. W. Wood

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

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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.
Bryan E. Dutton +, Carl S. Keener +  and Bruce A. Ford +
(Oakes) A. W. Wood +
Anemone cylindrica var. alba +
N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Vt. +  and Wis. +
10-1000 m +
Riparian areas, moist cliffs and ledges +
Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). +
Class-book Bot. ed. +
Anemone riparia +  and Anemone virginiana var. riparia +
Anemone virginiana var. alba +
Anemone virginiana +
variety +