Wood
Anemone
Anemone
quinquefolia
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Anemone
is yet another of the early wildflowers with 3-part leaves and white flowers.
Before blooming, it can be hard to distinguish from an early Toothwort.
Once it does bloom around late March to April, there is little room for
error. The flowers, one per individual plant, are composed of (almost always)
5 white "petals" that are actually sepals.(Sepals - that part of the flower
that usually looks like a little green leaf directly under the bloom. Think
of a long-stemmed red rose and the little green things just underneath the
outermost petals.) Anemones can be found singly or often in large colonies,
sometimes thickly covering many square yards. fdudley@weaversites.com
Fiona Dudley
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