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.
| 🇫🇷 | Anémone du Canada |
| 🇩🇪 | Anemone canadensis |
| 🇲🇽 | Anemone canadensis |
Taxonomy
| Order | Ranunculales |
| Family | Ranunculaceae |
How to Identify
Color and form of the 5 white petals and the basal, deeply toothed leaves.
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| Flowers | |
| Color | white |
| Shape | stellate |
| Inflorescence | solitary |
| Leaves | |
| Arrangement | basal |
| Petiole | long |
| Shape | lobed |
| Margin | lobed |
| Venation | palmate |
Learn more about morphological characteristics of flowers here.
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.