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Known in many localities as Honeysuckle, a name which should more 

 properly be applied to species of the genus Lonicera. The European 

 Columbine (A quilegia vulgaris Linnaeus 1 with showy, blue, purple 

 or white flowers is an occasional escape from gardens into woods and fields. 



Tall Anemone; Thimbleweed 

 Anemone virginiana Linnaeus 



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Stem stout, hairy, 2 to 3 feet tall, branching above at the involucre 

 which is composed of two to five, usually three, short-petioled leaves; the 

 lateral peduncles often bearing secondary involucres of smaller leaves. 

 Basal leaves long petioled, broader than long, three-parted, the divisions 

 broadly cuneate-oblong, variously cleft and divided into acute, serrate 

 lobes; those of the involucres similar. Flowers two-thirds to \\ inches 

 broad, on peduncles 4 to 10 inches long; sepals five, white, obtuse; stamens 

 numerous, shorter than the sepals. Carpels numerous, forming an oblong 

 to subcylindric head, two-thirds to 1 inch long and about one-half as thick. 



In woods, thickets and clearings, Nova Scotia to Alberta, south to 

 South Carolina, Arkansas and Kansas. Flowering from May to July or 

 August. Consists of several races, differing in size and color of flower, shape 

 of fruit, and in the styles. Of these, the most distinct is Anemone 

 r i p a r i a Fernald, with smaller greenish flowers and pointed sepals. 



The Slender-fruited Anemone (Anemone cylindrica A. Gray), 

 which is frequent in sandy woods and thickets in the eastern states has 

 silky hairy stems and tufted basal leaves with narrower divisions, white or 

 greenish flowers about three-fourths of an inch broad and the head of fruit 

 cylindric, 1 inch long or often longer and one-fourth to one-third as thick. 



Canada or Round-leaved Anemone 

 Anemone canadensis Linnaeus 



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Stems slender or stout, 1 to 2 feet tall, somewhat hairy, especially on 

 the lower surfaces of the leaves, branching at the involucre. Basal leaves 



