Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-001:
Anemone virginiana FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Anemone virginiana
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone riparia
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Thimbleweed, Tall Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1320
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2143
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210426_9826
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230418_2610
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4736
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0506d_24
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Petals absent. The five petal-like, whitish sepals are very hairy beneath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0506d_32
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0506d_34
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Basal & upper lvs similar, lateral lobes deeply incised, stem lvs petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0506i_27
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230623_4182
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm0407c_21
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm060704_037
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm140711_850
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Keith Bradley kab_a_virginiana_1500
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_a_virginiana_1501
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_a_virginiana_1892
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_a_virginiana_1904
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_anemone_virginiana_c
July
Sepals whitish, petaloid, usually 5; petals absent; stamens numerous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0310g_32
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm081026_008
October Oconee County SC
Utility right-of-way
The fruiting "thimble" is 3/4-1" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
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JK Marlow s081026_a
October Oconee County SC
Achenes brownish, densely woolly, obovoid, about 2mm long and 1.5mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s081026_a2
October Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm131103_158
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-16-001:
Anemone virginiana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Anemone virginiana
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone riparia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anemone virginiana
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich forests and woodlands, prairies, especially prevalent on circumneutral soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Whorled or opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 petaloid sepals (usually)
Petals absent
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p099
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p148
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p101
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p078
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p192
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p123
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p237
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p288
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p159
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p132
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p079
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p302
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p033
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p054
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p046
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