Anemone multifida
 
Cut-Leaved Anemone

Early Flower Side

Hudson Bay Regional Park
21-June-2012

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Multifida: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF)  and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this genus. 
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plants NOT with slender rhizomes

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plants generally 2-5 dm tall; NOT [plants generally 1-2 dm tall]

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involucral leaves sessile or subsessile; NOT [involucral leaves long-petioled]

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leaves 2-4 times ternate; NOT [leaves with 3 segments], NOT [leaves 3-4 times ternate]

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leaf segments linear or lanceolate; NOT [leaf segments broad and wedge-shaped] (BF)

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leaf-segments linear to lanceolate-ovate; NOT [leaf-segments wedge-shaped to lanceolate-ovate] (FOA)

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leaf segments generally less than 5 mm wide; NOT [leaf-segments generally more than 5 mm wide]

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mostly 1- to 4-flowered; NOT [mostly 1-flowered]

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sepals often reddish; NOT [sepals often bluish], NOT [sepals white or cream], sepals NOT yellow

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sepals 5-25 mm long; NOT [sepals 15-40 mm long]

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mature styles 1-2 mm long; NOT [mature styles 4-6 mm long], NOT [styles 1.5-3.5 cm long]

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styles NOT reflexed

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styles NOT plumose

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carpels densely woolly; NOT [carpels not woolly, glabrous or somewhat pubescent]

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heads of achenes globose or ovoid; NOT [heads of achenes cylindrical or narrowly ovoid]

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achenes densely woolly; NOT [achenes not woolly, glabrous or somewhat pubescent]

 

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Anemone: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF)  and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this genus. 
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plants NOT woody climbers

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leaves NOT all basal, stem leaves present (BF)

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leaves either basal or alternate; NOT [plants with opposite leaves] (BF)

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leaves all basal except involucre of leafy bracts some distance below the inflorescence; NOT [leaves not basal, without involucral bracts below inflorescence] (BF)

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cauline leaves whorled, forming an involucre; NOT [cauline leaves alternate] (FOA)

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leaf segments mostly toothed; NOT [leaf lobes entire]

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leaf segments acute; NOT [leaf lobes rounded]

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flowers perfect; NOT [plants dioecious]

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flowers regular, not spurred; NOT [flowers irregular or spurred]

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sepals conspicuous, colored and petal-like; NOT [sepals inconspicuous]

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sepals NOT greenish, sepals SELDOM yellow

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petals absent

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carpels 2 or more; NOT [carpel 1]

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ovaries 1-ovuled; NOT [ovaries several-ovuled]

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fruit an achene; NOT [fruit a follicle], NOT [fruit a berry]

 

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Ranunculaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.  Not all the answers apply to all genera with Ranunculaceae, but they all do apply to Anemone.
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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land plants; NOT [water plants]

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plants not parasitic on trees, rooted in soil or water; NOT [plants parasitic on branches of trees]

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plants with stems or stemless, but with more than one pair of leaves; NOT [plants stemless with a single pair of large reniform leaves]

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leaves alternate, lower ones sometimes opposite; NOT [leaves opposite]

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leaves without stipules; NOT [leaves with stipules free or sheathing the stem]

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leaves compound or simple, but very deeply divided; NOT [leaves not compound and not very deeply divided], NOT [ leaves orbicular], NOT [leaves reniform]

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flowers with only one floral ring, with sepals but not petals]

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stamens and pistils in each flower; NOT [stamens or pistils in separate flowers on the same plant]

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fruit dry when ripe; NOT [fruit fleshy when ripe]