| IDENTIFICATION |
| Common Name: |
PACIFIC ANEMONE |
| Scientific Name: |
Anemone multifida |
| Derivation: |
mutifida - many times divided. |
| Family: |
Buttercup - Ranunculaceae |
| Species Characteristics: |
achenes (small, dry, one-seeded fruit) wooly; receptacle globose (round) to oval; basal leaves divided into 5 or more narrow divisions and pubescent (hairy). |
| Mature Height: |
to 18 inches. |
| Mature Spread: |
6 inches. |
| Flower Color: |
pink to reddish or white. |
| Flower Symmetry: |
radial |
| Fruit Type: |
achene (small, dry, indehiscent - does not open upon maturity - fruit with a thin close-fitting wall surrounding a single seed). |
| Leaf Type: |
palmately (divided once into leaflets - like a hand) dissected. |
| ECOLOGY |
| Origin: |
native |
| Frequency: |
common |
| Growth Form: |
herbaceous |
| Life Cycle: |
perennial |
| Class: |
angiosperm (plant with covered seed). |
| SubClass: |
dicot (plants with two seed leaves and netted leaf veins). |
| Season of Bloom: |
late spring to late summer (May - Aug.). |
| Life Zone: |
foothills to alpine. |
| Habitat: |
open, dry forests. |
| Eco. Relationships: |
flowers in this family offer exposed nectar to polllinators and are especially favored by hoverflies as a food source; this family is also one of the few characterized by protogyny, a feature of more primitive families where the female parts mature before the male parts of the flower as a strategy to avoid self-pollination. |
| LANDSCAPING |
| Landscaping Use: |
background, border, mass, wildflower and woodland gardens, cut flower. |
| Moisture Requirement: |
moderate |
| Light Requirement: |
full sun to partial shade. |
| Soil Requirement: |
moist, rich, well-drained. |
| HUMAN CONNECTIONS |
| Toxicity: |
contact with plant sap may irritate skin. |
| Edibilty: |
members of this genus are poisonous to humans and livestock if ingested. |
| Other Uses: |
insect repellent. |
Version: 2.6.0 Release Date: April 2013 ©2010 Jefferson County ITS
