Anemone quinquefolia is an early-spring
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
in the genus
AnemoneAnemone , is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones...
, native to
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. It is commonly called
Wood AnemoneWood anemone is a common name for two different species.In Europe: Anemone nemorosa
In North America: Anemone quinquefoliaThe Yellow wood anemone is Anemone ranunculoides....
, though it is not to be confused with
Anemone nemorosaAnemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone in the family Ranunculaceae. Common names include wood anemone, windflower, thimbleweed and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves...
, a
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an species.
It is a perennial
herbaceousA herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plant, growing in early spring to 10-30 cm tall, and dying back down to the root-like
rhizomeIn botany, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
s by mid summer. The rhizomes, that spread just below the earth surface, grow quickly, contributing to its rapid spread in woodland conditions, where it can carpet large areas.
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Anemone quinquefolia is an early-spring
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
in the genus
AnemoneAnemone , is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones...
, native to
North AmericaNorth America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific...
. It is commonly called
Wood AnemoneWood anemone is a common name for two different species.In Europe: Anemone nemorosa
In North America: Anemone quinquefoliaThe Yellow wood anemone is Anemone ranunculoides....
, though it is not to be confused with
Anemone nemorosaAnemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone in the family Ranunculaceae. Common names include wood anemone, windflower, thimbleweed and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves...
, a
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
an species.
It is a perennial
herbaceousA herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plant, growing in early spring to 10-30 cm tall, and dying back down to the root-like
rhizomeIn botany, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
s by mid summer. The rhizomes, that spread just below the earth surface, grow quickly, contributing to its rapid spread in woodland conditions, where it can carpet large areas. The
flowerA flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds...
is 1-2.5 cm diameter, with five (occasionally four, or six to nine)
petalA petal is one member or part of the corolla of a flower. The corolla is the name for all of the petals of a flower; the inner perianth whorl, term used when this is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl and is used to attract pollinators based on its bright color...
-like segments (actually
tepalTepals are elements of the perianth, or outer part of a flower, which include the petals or sepals. The term tepal is usually used when all segments of the perianth are of similar shape and color, or undifferentiated...
s). The flowers are white, commonly flushed pinkish.
Leaves are deeply lobed with toothed margins.
There are three varieties.
- Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia that grows in the Midwest.
- Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia that grows over the entire species range.
- Anemone quinquefolia var. minima that grows in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Anemone quinquefolia is part of a species complex that includes
A. grayi,
A. lancifolia,
A. lyalliaa,
A. oregana and
A. piperi.