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GLOBE ANE'MONE 



Anemo'ne hudsonia'na, syns. A. globo'sa, "A. multi'fida" 1 



Flowers from 1 to 3 at end of stem, 

 showy, yellowish or tinged with pink, 

 red, blue, or purple, usually long- 

 stalked; petals lacking 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5 to 9, 

 petal-like, distinct, partly overlapping 

 in bud, oval, up to } in. long, sflky- 

 hairy beneath 



Stem leaves (involucre) opposite or 

 whorled, short-stalked or stalkless, 

 otherwise similar to basal leaves 



"Seed" head globe-shaped, up to K 

 in. across 



Stems erect, up to 20 in. high, some- 

 times branching, usually leafless, silky- 

 hairy 



Basal leaves up to 4% in. across, long- 

 stalked, 3 to several times cut into 

 linear-lance-shaped or oblong lobes; 

 lobes again variously cleft 



"Seed" (achene) densely white- 

 woolly, tipped by very short stalk (style) 



Taproot woody, with much-thickened 

 root crown in old plants 



Globe anemone, tkus designated because of its globe-shaped seed head, is 

 a perennial herb of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) and is a common 

 and representative range species of this genus. It ranges from Alaska to New 

 Brunswick, New England, New Mexico, and California and is the most abun- 

 dant anemone throughout the Western States, from the low open valleys (4,000 



1 Of United States authors, not Poir. 



