Scientific Name |
Enemion biternatum |
Thalictrum thalictroides |
Anemonoides quinquefolia |
Former Scientific Name |
Isopyrum biternatum |
Anemonella thalictroides |
Anemone quinquefolia |
Common Name |
Alternative False Rue Anemone |
Rue Anemone |
Wood Anemone |
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5 petal-like sepals per flower |
5–10 petal-like sepals per flower |
5 petal-like sepals per flower |
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Flowers axillary |
Flowers in terminal clusters |
Flowers solitary on stem |
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Tiny white tips on blunt leaflets |
Leaflet tips blunt and green |
Leaflet tips sharp and green |
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3 leaflets per leaf |
3 leaflets per leaf |
5 leaflets per leaf |
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Leaflet sinuses deep |
Leaflet sinuses shallow |
Leaflet mostly toothed with few shallow sinuses |
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One leaf immediately below each flower |
Distinct circle of leaves immediately below flower cluster |
No leaves immediately below flower, but three whorled leaves further down stem |
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Fruit a long-beaked follicle, 4–5 per flower, creating starry cluster
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Fruit a short-beaked, ridged achene, >5 per flower |
Fruit a long-beaked, unridged achene, >5 per flower |
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Wet to mesic woodlands |
Mesic to dry-mesic woodlands |
Wet to dry-mesic woodlands |
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Often in large colonies |
Less often in large colonies |
Often in large colonies |
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Midwestern, not on East Coast
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Found on East Coast and Midwest
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Northern and Appalachian distribution
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