Anemone cylindrica

A. Gray

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 221. 1835.

Common names: Long-headed anemone thimbleweed candle anemone anémone cylindrique
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Aerial shoots (20-) 30-70 (-80) cm, from caudices, rarely with very short ascending rhizomes, caudices ascending to vertical. Basal leaves (2-) 5-10 (-13), ternate; petiole 9-21 cm; terminal leaflet sessile, broadly rhombic to oblanceolate, (2.5-) 3-5 (-6) × (3-) 4-10 (-14) cm, base narrowly cuneate, margins crenate, or serrate and deeply incised on distal 1/2, apex narrowly acute, surfaces strigose, more so abaxially; lateral leaflets 1-2×-parted and lobed; ultimate lobes 4-10 (-13) mm wide. Inflorescences (1-) 2-8-flowered cymes, sometimes appearing umbellike; peduncle villous to densely villous; involucral-bracts 3-7 (-9), 2 (-3) -tiered (can appear 1-tiered), ternate, ±similar to basal leaves, bases distinct; terminal leaflet sessile, rhombic to oblanceolate, 2.5-6.5 × (1-) 1.5-2 (-2.5) cm, bases narrowly cuneate, margins serrate and incised on distal 1/3-1/2, apex narrowly acute, surfaces puberulous, more so abaxially; lateral leaflets 1 (-2) ×-parted or lobed; ultimate lobes (4-) 6-10 (-15) mm wide. Flowers: pedicel usually appearing bractless; sepals 4-5 (-6), green to whitish, oblong to elliptic or ovate, 5-12 (-15) × 3-6 mm, abaxially silky, adaxially glabrous; stamens 50-75. Heads of achenes cylindric; pedicel 10-30 cm. Achenes: body ovoid, (1.8-) 2-3 × 1.5-2 mm, not winged, woolly; beak usually recurved, (0.3-) 0.5-1 mm, hidden by achene indument, glabrous. 2n=16.


Phenology: Flowering summer (Jun–Jul).
Habitat: Prairies, dry, open woods, pastures, roadsides
Elevation: 300-3000 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Que., Sask., Ariz., Colo., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Vt., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

The cymes of Anemone cylindrica may appear 1-tiered because the second tier of involucres is closely nestled among the leaves of the first tier. The cymes then resemble umbels with unusually leafy involucral bracts; they might be misinterpreted as such.

Anemone cylindrica was used medicinally by Native Americans for headaches, sore eyes, and bad burns, as a psychological aid, and as a relief for tuberculosis (D. E. Moerman 1986).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"woolly" is not a number.

... more about "Anemone cylindrica"
Bryan E. Dutton +, Carl S. Keener +  and Bruce A. Ford +
A. Gray +
distinct +
cuneate +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
plumose +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
globose;cylindric +
ascending;vertical +
Long-headed anemone +, thimbleweed +, candle anemone +  and anémone cylindrique +
(1-)2-8-flowered +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Vt. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
300-3000 m +
broadened +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
stalked +, sessile +  and aggregate +
ovoid;obovoid +
Prairies, dry, open woods, pastures, roadsides +
cylindric +
axillary +  and terminal +
parted or undivided reniform +  and obtriangular or lanceolate +
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
palmate +  and pinnate +
incised;incised;serrate;crenate;serrate;crenate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
villous +  and densely villous +
distinct +
conspicuous +
obovate +  and elliptic +
reduced +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (21 cm210 mm <br />0.21 m <br />) +
Flowering summer (Jun–Jul). +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
not arillate +  and stalked +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
green;whitish +
not persistent +
distinct +
glabrous +  and silky +
4 +  and 5 +
oblong +  and elliptic or ovate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
persistent +
puberulous;strigose +
Anemonastrum +, Anemonidium +, Anemonoides +, Hepatica +, Jurtsevia +  and Pulsatilla +
Anemone cylindrica +
species +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
rhombic;oblanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2-9-flowered +
herbaceous +  and woody +