- Anemone tuberosa
Taxobox
name = "Anemone tuberosa"
image_width = 210px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ranunculales
familia =Ranunculaceae
genus = "Anemone "
species = "A. tuberosa"
binomial = "Anemone tuberosa"
binomial_authority = Rydb."Anemone tuberosa" (desert anemone or tuber anemone) is a
herbaceous plant species in the genus "Anemone " and familyRanunculaceae . Plants grow 10 to 30, sometimes 40 cm tall, from a woody-like tuber shaped like a caudex. Plants with 1 to 3 basal leaves that are 1 or 2 times ternate. The basal leaves few with long petioles and deeply 3-parted with leaflets lacking stems or rarely with a stalk. Plants flowering early to late spring with the flowers composed of 8 to 10 sepals normally white or pink colored, 10 to 14 mm long. The plants produce onepeduncle with one solitary flower or 2-5 flowered cymes. Fruits in heads fusiform in shape, with 7-20 cm long pedicels. Fruits called achenes measure 2.5-3.5 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide with a rounded outline and flat in shape, densely woolly, not winged also with straight 1.5 mm long beaks."Anemone tuberosa" is native to south central western North America mostly in Nevada and New Mexico and Northern Mexico but also west to California and East to Texas. This spring flowering plant is found on rocky slopes and along stream banks. "Anemone tuberosa" is part of a species complex that includes 6 to 9 species native from south western and central USA to South America For the most part all produce tubers or caudex-like tubers. [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
External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6434,6441,6447 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANTU USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Anemone+tuberosa Photo gallery]
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