About Anemone parviflora Michx.
Anemone parviflora Michx., commonly called northern anemone or small-flowered anemone, is a herbaceous flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Individuals grow 10 to 30 cm (3.9 to 12 inches) tall from a thin rhizome that is 2 mm thick. Stem leaves do not have petioles. Basal leaves are few, have long petioles, and are deeply split into three sections. This species flowers from late spring to mid summer. Its flowers have five or six sepals, which are most often white or soft bluish, and measure 8 to 13 mm long. Each plant produces one peduncle that bears a single solitary flower. Fruits grow in ovoid-shaped heads that are 10 mm long or shorter. Individual fruits are densely woolly, not winged, and have straight beaks 1 to 2.5 mm long. This species is native to central and western North America. It occurs mostly across Canada and Alaska, and also ranges south into Idaho and even Utah. It grows on wet rocky ledges, in meadows, and along stream banks, typically in calcareous soils.
