Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
A white flower with five petals native to moist meadows, thickets streambanks and lakeshores. The flower can grow high up to a meter but usually less than half a meter.
Last changed on 2024-12-16
Common Names
- Canada Anemone 🇨🇦
- Anémone du Canada 🇫🇷
- Anemone canadensis 🇩🇪
- Anemone canadensis 🇲🇽
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Characteristics & Identification
How to Identify
Color and form of the 5 white petals and the basal, deeply toothed leaves.
Where and When to Spot
Flowers spring and early summer. I usually spot this flower in the shadow of trees along the edges of forests.
Taxonomy
- Order: Ranunculales
- Family: Ranunculaceae
- Species: Anemone canadensis
Morphology
Flowers
- Color: white
- Shape: stellate
- Inflorescence: solitary
Leaves
- Arrangement: basal
- Petiole: long
- Shape: lobed
- Margin: lobed
- Venation: palmate