- Anemone occidentalis
Taxobox
name = "Anemone occidentalis"
status =
image_caption = "Anemone occidentalis" flower
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ranunculales
familia =Ranunculaceae
genus = "Anemone "
species = "A. occidentalis"
binomial = "Anemone occidentalis"
binomial_authority =S. Watson. "Anemone occidentalis" (Western pasqueflower) is a
herbaceous plant species in the genus "Anemone " and familyRanunculaceae . Often also placed in the genus "Pulsatilla " by other authorities. Plants grow 10 to 60 cm tall, fromcaudices . Plants normally produce 3 to 6 leaves at the base of the plant that are 3-foliolate, each leaflet pinnatifid to dissected in shape. Leaf petioles 6-10 cm long. Leaves with villous hairs margins pinnatifid or dissected. Plants flowering mid spring to mid summer with the flowers composed of 5 to 7 sepals (sometimes calledtepal s) normally white or soft purple, also mixed white and blueish purple, one flower per stem, the sepals are 15 to 30 mm long and 10 to 17 mm wide. Flowers with 150-200 stamens. Fruits in heads rounded to subcylindric in shape, pedicels 15 to 20 cm long. Theachene s are ellipsoid in shape, not winged, covered with villous hairs, with beaks curved that reflex as they age and 20-40 mm long, feather-like.Native to far western North America including British Columbia to California and Montana, it is found growing in gravelly soils on slopes and in moist meadows. [cite book
last =
first = Flora of North America Editorial Committee
title = Flora of North America Vol 3, Magnoliophyta:Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 1997
pages = pp 139-158
isbn = 019511246-6]References
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