Anemone multifida

Taxobox
name = "Anemone multifida"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ranunculales
familia = Ranunculaceae
genus = "Anemone"
species = "A. multifida"
binomial = "Anemone multifida"
binomial_authority = Poir.

"Anemone multifida" is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names Pacific anemone, globe anemone, and cutleaved anemone. It is native to northern North America from Alaska to New York and as far south as Arizona and New Mexico. It is also known from parts of South America. This is a perennial herb which is quite variable in appearance, especially across varieties. It grows from a branching caudex to heights from 10 to 70 centimeters. The long petioled leaves are covered in a coat of long silky or coarse white hairs. Each leaf is divided into many long, pointed lobes, and the lobes are sometimes subdivided. Including the petiole a single leaf may be 5 to 20 centimeters long. The inflorescence holds one or more flowers. The flowers have no petals but five to eight petallike sepals which may be nearly any color. They are somewhat hairy, especially on the outer surface. The center of the flower contains up to 80 stamens. The fruit is a hairy, beaked achene a few millimeters long.

There are several varieties of this species:
*"A. m." var. "multifida" - throughout species range
*"A. m." var. "saxicola" (red windflower) - limited to western parts of species range
*"A. m." var. "stylosa" - limited to Utah and Arizona
*"A. m." var. "tetonensis" - limited to the montane west of the contiguous United States

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6434,6441,6444 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANMU USDA Plants Profile]