Anemone berlandieri

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae}}

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|image=Anemone berlandieri imported from iNaturalist photo 6557125 on 9 January 2020.jpg

|image_caption=Purple flower in Denton County, Texas

|genus=Anemone

|species=berlandieri

|authority=Pritz.

|synonyms=* Anemone caroliniana Torr. & A.Gray

Anemone decapetala var. heterophylla (Nutt.) Britton & Rusby
Anemone heterophylla (Nutt.) Alph.Wood

| status = G4

| status_system = TNC

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Anemone berlandieri, commonly known as tenpetal thimbleweed or tenpetal anemone, is a rhizomatous perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.{{r|powo}} It is native to much of the Southern United States, where it flowers in the late winter and spring, between February and April. The specific epithet berlandieri honors Jean-Louis Berlandier (1803–1851), a botanist who explored Texas and Mexico in the nineteenth century.{{r|Gledhill2008}}

Distribution and habitat

Anemone berlandieri is native to much of the Southern United States, from Texas to Florida. It ranges as far north as Kansas, and as far south as northeast Mexico. There is also an isolated population in the southern Appalachian Mountains.{{r|powo}}{{r|BONAP}} It grows in sunny open areas, such as prairies and hillsides, and in wooded areas over a thin shale substrate.{{r|fna}}

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|Anemone_berlandieri.jpg|Flowers and flower buds in Williamson County, Texas

|Anemone berlandieri imported from iNaturalist photo 6398484 on 9 January 2020.jpg|Growing in a lawn in Dallas County, Texas

File:Seeds of the tenpetal anemone.jpg

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References

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{{eFloras |1 |233500050 |Anemone berlandieri |first1=Bryan E. |last1=Dutton |first2=Carl S. |last2=Keener |first3=Bruce A. |last3=Ford |volume=3 |last=Utech |first=Frederick H. |access-date=13 December 2020}}

{{cite web |title=Anemone berlandieri Pritz. |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:708260-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |accessdate=13 December 2020}}

{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJ6PyhVuecwC |title=The Names of Plants |first=David |last=Gledhill |edition=4th |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-86645-3 |year=2008 |page=69}}

{{BONAP |species=Anemone berlandieri |date=2014 |access-date=13 December 2020}}

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berlandieri

Category:Flora of the South-Central United States

Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States

Category:Flora of the North-Central United States