Anemone edwardsiana is a species of perennial wildflower in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, with the common name Edwards Plateau Anemone. It is found on the Edwards Plateau in Texas.[1]
Anemone edwardsiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Anemone |
Species: | A. edwardsiana
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Binomial name | |
Anemone edwardsiana |
Description
editAnemone edwardsiana grows from tubers and produces several lobed basal leaves. The flower is held on a stalk up to 50 centimeters tall with a deeply divided leaf-like bract below the single (occasionally two) white flower. The flower may sometimes have a blue or red cast.[2]
Range and Habitat
editAnemone edwardsiana is found mostly on moist limestone bluffs and ledges and in rocky limestone-derived soils on the Edwards Plateau.[3][4]
Taxonomy
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References
edit- ^ "Anemone edwardsiana (Edwards Plateau Anemone)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ "Flora of North America".
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center".
- ^ "Texas Calcareous Enriched Plants".