Anemone multiceps

(Greene) Standley

Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Rep. Ser. 8(5): 310. 1931.

Common names: Purple anemone
Endemic
Basionym: Pulsatilla multiceps Greene Erythea 1: 4. 1893
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Aerial shoots (3-) 5-15 cm, from caudices, caudices ascending to primarily vertical. Basal leaves 5-20 (-30+), 2-ternate, occasionally irregularly so; petiole 2-5 (-10) cm; terminal leaflet sessile or basally attenuate and appearing petiolulate, obovate to obtriangular, 0.5-2 (-3) × 0.5-2 cm, bases narrowly cuneate to cuneate, margins incised to dissected on distal 1/3-1/2, apex broadly acute to obtuse, surfaces sparsely villous, often nearly glabrous; lateral leaflets 2×-lobed, lobing frequently irregular; ultimate lobes 1-2.6 mm wide. Inflorescences 1-flowered; peduncle villous; involucral-bracts 3 (-4), 1-tiered, ±similar to basal leaves, highly reduced, 2-ternate or irregularly so, bases distinct; terminal leaflet sessile or basally attenuate and appearing petiolulate, obovate to pinnatifid, 1-2 (-2.5) × 0.5-2 cm, base narrowly cuneate to cuneate, margins incised to dissected on distal 1/3-1/2, apex broadly acute to obtuse, surfaces villous; lateral leaflets 2×-parted, division frequently irregular; ultimate segments 1-2.5 mm wide. Flowers: sepals 5-6, blue to purple, oblong or narrowly obovate, 8-20 × 6-10 mm, abaxially villous; stamens 80-100, purple; styles red. Heads of achenes spheric, rarely cylindric; pedicel 2-6 (-18) cm. Achenes: body ovoid, 2-4 × 1-1.5 mm, not winged, villous; beak straight, 2-4 (-6) mm, glabrous. 2n=16.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
Habitat: Tundra, slopes, ridges, limestone outcrops, and screes
Elevation: 100-2100 m

Discussion

Anemone multiceps has uniformly purple sepals, purple stamens, and red styles, whereas A. drummondii (morphologically most similar to A. multiceps) has white or adaxially white and abaxially bluish sepals, whitish stamens, and white styles. Future biosystematic analysis of these entities is needed to determine whether A. multiceps is indeed distinct from A. drummondii.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"villous" is not a number.

... more about "Anemone multiceps"
broadly acute +  and obtuse +
Bryan E. Dutton +, Carl S. Keener +  and Bruce A. Ford +
(Greene) Standley +
petiolulate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
distinct +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
obovate +  and pinnatifid +
0.5cm;2cm +
Pulsatilla multiceps +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
straight +
rudimentary +
plumose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
globose;cylindric +
ascending;primarily vertical +
Purple anemone +
2-9-flowered +
Yukon +  and Alaska. +
100-2100 m +
broadened +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
stalked +, sessile +  and aggregate +
ovoid;obovoid +
Tundra, slopes, ridges, limestone outcrops, and screes +
cylindric;spheric +
axillary +  and terminal +
irregularly +  and 2-ternate +
parted or undivided reniform +  and obtriangular or lanceolate +
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
palmate +  and pinnate +
incised;dissected +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
distinct +
conspicuous +
obovate +  and elliptic +
reduced +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). +
Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Rep. Ser. +
not arillate +  and stalked +
blue;purple +
not persistent +
distinct +
5 +  and 6 +
obovate +  and oblong +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
persistent +
villous;glabrous;villous +
Anemonastrum +, Anemonidium +, Anemonoides +, Hepatica +, Jurtsevia +  and Pulsatilla +
Anemone multiceps +
species +
narrowly cuneate;cuneate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
2-9-flowered +
herbaceous +  and woody +