Canada Anemone

Plant Info

Also known as:
Scientific name:	Anemone canadensis
Family:	Buttercup (Ranunculaceae)
Life cycle:	perennial
Origin:	native
Habitat:	sun to part shade; moist fields, thickets, along shores
Bloom season:	late spring, summer
Plant height:	1 to 2 feet
USDA PLANTS database:	Minnesota county distribution map
Spotted in Ramsey County at:	Long Lake Regional Park Rice Creek Trail Corridor Vadnais/Snail Lake Regional Park

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Detailed Information

Flower:

Flower is 1 to 1½ inches across, 5 white petal-like sepals and a small greenish center. There are many yellow-tipped stamen that turn brown with age.

Leaves and stem:

Leaves are deeply divided into 3 to 5 lobes (3 is most common) and coarsely toothed. A single whorl, about 5 inches in diameter, sits on the upper part of the stem, the long hairy flower stalk rises from there. This plant also has basal leaves, similarly lobed and divided, on long stalks.

More photos

• full size plant, about 20 inches tall
• a patch of Canada Anemone
• a flower with the yellow stamen turned brown

More white wildflowers. Photos taken at Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton, MN, June 2007

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