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| THE BUTTERCUP FAMILY | ||
| The buttercup family is common in temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These plants are usually herbs, but may also be vines or shrubs. The stems do not have spines or prickles. The stem leaves are alternate or occasionally opposite or whorled. The leaves can be simple or compound but are at least lobed in the majority of species. The margins may be entire or toothed. The flowers are in several different types of clusters, from solitary flowers to branched, unbranched or umbrella-like groups. The flowers are commonly lacking petals and have coloured sepals. One to several whorls of bracts may be present below the flowers. The ovary consists of several separate carpels which mature to form an aggregate fruit or berry. The aggregates may be of pods or of single-seeded fruits that resemble seeds. | ||
| SMALL-FLOWERED ANEMONE | ||
| LATIN NAME: Anemone parviflora var. parviflora | ||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | ||
| Small-flowered anemone grows as tall as 30 cm from short, woody stem bases or rhizomes. The rhizomes are slender and are covered in dark fibres. The hairs on the stems are white. There are one to five basal leaves, each of which is divided into three main segments. The flowers are solitary on a long, hairy stalk. There are two to three bracts that are similar to the terminal segments of the basal leaves. The flowers have four to seven sepals and no petals. The sepals are white or occasionally bluish-tinged. The fruit is an aggregate. The fruits are densely woolly and are not winged. | ||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | ||
| Small-flowered anemone grows in moist, open, re-growth forests and bouldery tundra fields. | ||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | ||
| This plant is found in northern and central Saskatchewan in the Mid-Boreal Upland, Athabasca Plain, Tazin Lake Upland, and Selwyn Lake Upland ecoregions. | ||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | ||
| Small-flowered anemone is threatened because of rarity in Saskatchewan. No threats are known or anticipated for this species at the present time. | ||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY SMALL-FLOWERED ANEMONE | ||
| * Are the basal leaves divided into three main
segments? * Are the sepals white and the petals absent? * Are the fruits clustered and densely woolly? * Did you find it in northern or central Saskatchewan? |
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| If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found small-flowered anemone! | ||
