Wood Anemone

Anemonoides quinquefolia

''Anemonoides quinquefolia'' is a spring-flowering plant in the buttercup family, native to North America. It is commonly called wood anemone, like ''Anemonoides nemorosa'', a closely related European species. It has previously been treated as a subspecies of ''Anemone nemorosa''.
Anemonoides quinquefolia This is a picture of Anemonoides quinquefolia on the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Fort Meade, Maryland. Anemonoides quinquefolia,Geotagged,Spring,United States

Appearance

It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing in early spring to 5–30 cm tall, and dying back down to the root-like rhizomes by mid summer. The rhizomes spread just below the soil surface and grow quickly, contributing to its rapid spread in woodland conditions, where it can carpet large areas. The flower has five petal-like segments that are 6–25 mm long and 4–8 mm wide. The flowers are usually white, but sometimes pink, or with a pink base and white tip, or with a white base and a pink or blue tip.

The leaves are in three parts with deeply lobed lateral leaflets, giving the appearance of five leaflets. The leaf veins are branched and not parallel.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderRanunculales
FamilyRanunculaceae
GenusAnemonoides
SpeciesA. quinquefolia