familyRanunculaceae
genusAnemone
speciesAnemone multifida
varietyAnemone multifida var. multifida

Anemone multifida var. multifida

Bryan E. Dutton, Carl S. Keener, Bruce A. Ford
Illustrated
Synonyms: Anemone globosa Nuttall ex A. Nelson Anemone multifida var. hudsoniana B.Boivin Anemone multifida var. nowasadii Fernald Anemone multifida var. richardsiana B.Boivin Anemone multifida var. sansonii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Aerial shoots (30-) 40-70 cm. Basal leaves silky. Inflorescences (2-) 5-7-flowered cymes; peduncle villous; involucral-bracts (1-) 2-tiered, silky. Flowers: sepals 5 (-9), green to yellow, blue, purple, or red (rarely abaxially blue or red and adaxially white or yellow), ovate or oblong, 6-17 mm. Achenes: beak ± straight. 2n=32.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul).
Habitat: Open forests, grassy slopes, often rocky areas, also moist prairie depressions, coulees, sandhill shrubland
Elevation: 0-3200 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Maine, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo., South America (Chile and Argentina)

Discussion

According to D. E. Moerman (1986), the Blackfeet burned Anemone multifida var. multifida on hot coals to alleviate headaches.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"villous" is not a number. "woolly" is not a number. "villous" is not a number. "woolly" is not a number. "tomentose" is not a number.

... more about "Anemone multifida var. multifida"
RDF feed
2n chromosome quantity
32 +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Apex shape
broadly acute +  and nearly obtuse +
Author
Bryan E. Dutton +, Carl S. Keener +  and Bruce A. Ford +
Authority
Poiret in J. Lamarck et al. +
Basal leaf architecture
1-2-ternate +
Basal leaf atypical quantity
6 (10) +
Basal leaf pubescence
Silky (?) +
Basal leaf quantity
3;6 +
Base fusion
distinct +
Base shape
cuneate +
Beak atypical some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Beak course
straight +
Beak orientation
recurved +
Beak position or structure subtype
terminal +
Beak presence
absent +
Beak prominence
rudimentary +
Beak pubescence
glabrous +
Beak shape
hooked +
Beak some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Body architecture
not winged +
Body length
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Body prominence or shape
flat +
Body shape
elliptic;ellipsoid +
Body width
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Bracteole architecture
sepaloid +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Capsule arrangement
aggregated +
Capsule shape
globose;cylindric +
Caudex orientation
ascending;vertical +
Cyme architecture
(2-)5-7-flowered +
Cyme architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Distribution
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and South America (Chile and Argentina) +
Elevation
0-3200 m +
Embryo size
small +
Endosperm quantity
abundant +
Filament shape
filiform +
Filament width
broadened +
Flower architecture
2-7-flowered +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower prominence
showy +  and inconspicuous +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Fruit atypical quantity
20 (27) +
Fruit quantity
4;20 +
Fruits achene architecture
stalked +, sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits achene shape
ovoid;obovoid +
Habitat
Open forests, grassy slopes, often rocky areas, also moist prairie depressions, coulees, sandhill shrubland +
Head shape
spheric +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Inflorescence flower quantity
single +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Involucral-bract architecture
ternate +
Involucral-bract arrangement
(1-)2-tiered +
Involucral-bract atypical quantity
7 (9) +
Involucral-bract pubescence
silky +
Involucral-bract quantity
2;3;5 +
Involucral-bract size
reduced +
Involucre presence
absent +
Lateral leaflet shape
Lobed (?) +  and (2-)3×-parted (?) +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade shape
parted or undivided reniform +  and obtriangular or lanceolate +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf position
basal +
Lobe size
unequal +
Margin architecture
palmate +  and pinnate +
Margin shape
incised;incised +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pedicel atypical some measurement
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
Pedicel some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Peduncle pubescence
villous +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal prominence
conspicuous +
Petal quantity
0;26 +
Petal shape
obovate +  and elliptic +
Petal size
reduced +
Petal some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Petiole architecture or shape
sheathing +
Petiole atypical some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Petiole presence
absent +
Petiole some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul). +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil quantity
many +
Publication title
in J.Lamarck et al., Encycl., suppl. +
Publication year
1810 +
Reference
None +
Seed architecture
not arillate +  and stalked +
Seed quantity
1;many +
Sepal architecture
petaloid +
Sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal atypical quantity
5 (9) +
Sepal atypical width
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Sepal coloration
green;yellow blue purple or red +
Sepal coloration or density
purple +
Sepal duration
not persistent +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal length
? (?) +
Sepal pubescence
glabrous +  and hairy +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Sepal shape
oblong +  and ovate +
Sepal some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
Sepal width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Shoot atypical some measurement
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Shoot location
aerial +
Shoot some measurement
40cm;70cm +
Side architecture
not veined +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
50;80 +
Staminode presence
absent +
Stem architecture
unarmed +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Surface pubescence
abaxially hispid;villous villous-silky or sparsely long-pilose adaxially glabrous nearly glabrous hispid +
Synonyms
Anemone globosa +, Anemone multifida var. hudsoniana +, Anemone multifida var. nowasadii +, Anemone multifida var. richardsiana +  and Anemone multifida var. sansonii +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Anemone multifida var. multifida +
Taxon parent
Anemone multifida +
Taxon rank
variety +
Terminal leaflet architecture
petiolulate;more or less sessile +
Terminal leaflet atypical length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Terminal leaflet atypical width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Terminal leaflet length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Terminal leaflet shape
irregularly rhombic;obovate +
Terminal leaflet width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Ultimate lobe width
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Ultimate segment width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Umbel architecture
2-9-flowered +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism position
low +
Whole organism texture
herbaceous +  and woody +
X chromosome quantity
8 +  and 7 +