Anemone multifida var. multifida
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
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
"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.