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|accepted_name=Anemone canadensis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=12, 3: 231. 1768
|year=1768
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|common_names=Canada anemone;anémone du Canada
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anemone dichotoma var. canadensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) C. MacMillan
|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Anemone;Anemone canadensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Anemone]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Anemone canadensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Aerial </b>shoots (15-)20-80 cm, from caudices on rhizomes, caudices ascending, rhizomes ascending to horizontal. <b>Basal</b> leaves 1-5, simple, deeply divided; petiole 8-22(-37) cm; leaf blade orbiculate, 4-10 × 5-15(-20) cm, base sagittate to nearly truncate, margins serrate and incised on distal 1/3-1/2, apex acuminate, surfaces puberulous (more so abaxially); segments primarily 3, lanceolate to oblanceolate; lateral segments again 1×-lobed or -parted (proximal lobe occasionally lobed again); ultimate segments 10-30(-35) mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1(-3+)-flowered, rarely cymes; peduncle puberulous to villous, distally densely villous; involucral bracts 3 (secondary involucres with 2), remotely subtending flowers, (1-)2-tiered, simple, ±similar to basal leaves, broadly obtriangular, 3-cleft, 3-10 cm, bases broadly cuneate, connate, margins sharply, irregularly serrate and incised on distal 1/3-1/2, apex acuminate, surfaces puberulous, more so abaxially; segments 3, lanceolate to oblanceolate; lateral segments unlobed or 1×-lobed; ultimate lobes (8-)10-15(-20) mm wide. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals (4-)5(-6), white, obovate, (8-)10-20(-25) × 5-15 mm, hairy or glabrous; stamens 80-100. <b>Heads</b> of achenes spheric to ovoid; pedicel 7.5-11.5 cm. <b>Achenes</b>: body obovoid to ellipsoid, (2.5-)3-6 × 3.5-6 mm, winged, strigose or glabrate; beak straight, 2-6 mm, strigose, not plumose. <b>2n</b>=14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
|habitat=Damp thickets, meadows, wet prairies, lake shores, streamsides, clearings, occasionally swampy areas
|elevation=200-2800 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Colo.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;S.Dak.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Various parts of <i>Anemone canadensis</i> were used medicinally by Native Americans in the treatment of wounds, nasal hemorrhages, eye problems, and sore throats, to counteract witch medicines, and as a general panacea (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Anemone canadensis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Anemone dichotoma var. canadensis
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
|habitat=Damp thickets, meadows, wet prairies, lake shores, streamsides, clearings, occasionally swampy areas
|elevation=200-2800 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Colo.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;S.Dak.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_571.xml
|genus=Anemone
|species=Anemone canadensis
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