Anemonastrum narcissiflorum
Anemonastrum narcissiflorum
Synonyms: Anemone narcissiflora var. laxa, Anemone narcissiflora, Anemonidium narcissiflorum, Homalocarpus narcissiflorus, Anemone narcissiflora var. elata, Anemone narcissiflora f. laxa, Anemone narcissiflora subsp. europaea, Pulsatilla narcissiflora, Anemone narcissiflora subsp. typica, Anemone narcissiflora var. parviflora, Anemone laxa, Anemone narcissiflora var. monantha, Anemone narcissiflora var. major, Anemone narcissiflora var. zawratensis, Anemone narcissiflora var. pienina, Anemonastrum narcissiflorum var. podolicum, Anemone narcissiflora var. minor, Anemone narcissiflora var. podolica, Anemone narcissiflora var. linneana, Anemone narcissiflora var. crimea, Anemone umbellata, Anemone dubia
Botanical Description
Anemonastrum narcissiflorum (formerly Anemone narcissiflora), the narcissus-flowered anemone, is a herbaceous perennial of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) growing 7–60 cm tall from a stout, woody, branched rootstock. The 3–10 basal leaves are long-petiolate and ternately divided into deeply lobed segments, somewhat rounded to triangular in outline. A whorl of three reduced, leaf-like involucral bracts subtends an umbel-like cyme of 2–8 (occasionally solitary) flowers. The blossoms lack true petals; instead 5–9 broad, petal-like sepals — white, blue-tinted white or pale yellow — surround 40–100 stamens. The species has a circumboreal montane to alpine distribution, occurring in alpine grasslands, snow-bed meadows, open woodland, tundra and roadsides across the mountains of Eurasia and northwestern North America.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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