Anemone richardsonii

Hooker

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 6. 1829.

Common names: Yellow anemone anémone de Richardson
Illustrated
Synonyms: Anemone vahlii Hornemann
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Revision as of 22:15, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Aerial shoots 5-30 cm, from rhizomes, rhizomes horizontal. Basal leaves 1, simple; petiole (0.8-)2-8(-12) cm; leaf blade reniform to ±orbiculate, (1-)1.5-3(-4) × 1.5-4 cm, base somewhat cordate, margins crenate to serrate ±throughout, apex acute to broadly acute, surfaces glabrous or ±villous, or abaxially glabrescent; segments primarily 3, rhombic; lateral segments unlobed or 1×-lobed; ultimate lobes 4-10(-15) mm wide. Inflorescences 1-flowered; peduncle puberulous; involucral bracts 2-3, 1-tiered, simple, ±similar to basal leaves, primarily rhombic, 1-3.5 cm, bases distinct, cuneate, margins crenate on distal 1/2, apex acute to narrowly acute, surfaces glabrous or ±villous, or abaxially glabrescent; segments 3, primarily rhombic; lateral segments unlobed, 2-10 mm wide. Flowers: sepals (4-)6(-8), yellow (rarely abaxially yellow, tinged blue, and adaxially yellow), elliptic, 8-15 × 4-10 mm, abaxially villous, especially proximally, adaxially glabrous; stamens 25-55. Heads of achenes loosely spheric; pedicel 3-20 cm. Achenes: body ovoid to oblong, 3-4 × ca. 1.5 mm, not winged, glabrous; beak recurved, 4-6 mm, glabrous. 2n=14.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat: Thickets, moist woods, meadows, slopes
Elevation: 20-2200 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld., N.W.T., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Anemone richardsonii"
Bryan E. Dutton +, Carl S. Keener +  and Bruce A. Ford +
Hooker +
Yellow anemone +  and anémone de Richardson +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. +, N.W.T. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +  and Asia. +
20-2200 m +
Thickets, moist woods, meadows, slopes +
Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug). +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Illustrated +
Anemone vahlii +
Anemone richardsonii +
species +