NORTHERN ANEMONE

Class: Anemone parviflora

Family: BUTTERCUP FAMILY

Sub Family: Ranunculaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: White to bluish-tinged

Height: 5-36 cm (2-14")

Each Flower: Saucer-shaped, up to 2 cm (3/4") across with 5-7 white sepals usually bluish-tinged at base; many golden stamens. Below flowers is the involucre, a whorl of 3-lobed leaves

Leaves: Several basal with 1.3-2.5 cm (1/2-1") stalks; blades 3-lobed and each lobe again 3-lobed

Stems: Slightly downy and pinkish towards base

Blooming Period: May - August

Habitat: Moist meadows and streambanks, from lower to middle elevations

Note:

Poisonous