Species: Anemone parviflora var. parviflora Michx.

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Anemone parviflora var. parviflora Michx.

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TAXONOMY

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Genus:

Anemone

Species Synonyms:

none

Common Names:

small-flowered anemone
arctic anemone
wood anemone

DISTRIBUTION

Canada:

Yukon – Mackenzie – Banks Island – Keewatin – Ungava – Labrador, south to southern British Columbia – southwestern and northeastern Alberta – central Saskatchewan – northern Manitoba – northern Ontario – eastern Quebec – New Brunswick – Newfoundland, isolated on Lake Superior north shore

Saskatchewan:

northern and central; Fond-du-Lac – Hasbala Lake, Candle Lake

Ecoregion:

Mid-Boreal Upland, Athabasca Plain, Tazin Lake Upland, Selwyn Lake Upland

HABITAT

Saskatchewan:

moist, open, re-growth forests and bouldery tundra fields

Associated Species:

black spruce, Labrador tea, sphagnum moss

RARITY STATUS

Provincial Status According
to Harms (2003):

Threatened

Nature Conservancy Status:

G5 S1

Saskatchewan Species at
Risk Status:

None

COSEWIC Status:

None

Small-flowered anemone is threatened because of rarity in Saskatchewan. No threats are known or anticipated for this species at the present time.

SPECIES DESCRIPTION

Height:

5 – 30 cm from short caudices or rhizomes

Roots:

rhizomes horizontal, slender, bearing dark fibres

Stems:

hairs white

Leaves:

basal, 1 – 5, divided into three, dark green, shiny, stalk 1 – 10 cm

Leaflets:

terminal leaflet sessile, base wedge-shaped, apex obtuse to square, long hairy to hairless, margin round-toothed to saw-toothed; lateral leaflets lobed, ultimate lobes 4 – 15 mm wide

Inflorescence:

flowers solitary, flower stalk long-hairy; bracts 2 – 3, simple, similar to terminal leaflets of basal leaves, 3-cleft, inversely lance-shaped to egg-shaped, base wedge-shaped, lateral segments unlobed, margin round-toothed to broadly saw-toothed

Flowers:

sepals 4 – 7, elliptic to oval, white, occasionally with a bluish tinge, hairy below, hairless above; stamens many

Fruits:

aggregate of one-seeded fruits; fruits not winged, densely woolly, beak straight and hairless

ANEMONE KEY FOR SPECIES FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN

1 Styles feathery; sepals lavender, 2 – 4 cm long	A. patens
1 Styles hairless or hairy but not feathery; sepals white to purple or reddish, generally less than 2 cm long	2

2 Leaves twice-divided into three linear segments	3
2 Leaves less finely divided, principal segments 3 – 5, broader	4

3 Stems several-flowered, to 70 cm tall; ultimate leaf-segments over 3 mm broad	A. multifida var. richardsiana
3 Stems 1 – 3-flowered, to 30 cm tall; ultimate leaf-segments less than 3 mm broad	A. multifida var. hudsoniana

4 Fruits long-woolly	5
4 Fruits hairless to densely short-hairy	7

5 Bracts sessile; rhizomes present, creeping	A. parviflora var. parviflora
5 Bracts stalked; rhizomes absent	6

6 Bracts in one set, below the inflorescence only; leaf lobes saw-toothed on one side for at least half the length; plant densely ashy-hairy	A. cylindrica
6 Bracts in two sets, with the secondary bracts subtending the inflorescence branches; leaf lobes toothed at apex only; plant short-hairy but greener	A. virginiana var. cylindroidea

7 Stem leaves (bracts) stalked	A. quinquefolia var. bifolia
7 Stem leaves (bracts) sessile	8

8 Flowers yellow, solitary; bracts in 2 sets (one directly below the inflorescence and one further down the stem), deeply 3 – 5-parted	A. richardsonii
8 Flowers white or cream, often 2 or more; bracts on primary stem below the inflorescence only, deeply 2 – 3-parted	A. canadensis