thoughtstoodeepfortears's Journal

Scientific Name	*Enemion biternatum*	*Thalictrum thalictroides*	*Anemonoides quinquefolia*
Former Scientific Name	*Isopyrum biternatum*	*Anemonella thalictroides*	*Anemone quinquefolia*
Common Name	Alternative ~~False~~ Rue Anemone	Rue Anemone	Wood Anemone

	5 petal-like sepals per flower	5–10 petal-like sepals per flower	5 petal-like sepals per flower
	Flowers axillary	Flowers in terminal clusters	Flowers solitary on stem
	Tiny white tips on blunt leaflets	Leaflet tips blunt and green	Leaflet tips sharp and green
	3 leaflets per leaf	3 leaflets per leaf	5 leaflets per leaf
	Leaflet sinuses deep	Leaflet sinuses shallow	Leaflet mostly toothed with few shallow sinuses
	One leaf immediately below each flower	Distinct circle of leaves immediately below flower cluster	No leaves immediately below flower, but three whorled leaves further down stem
	Fruit a long-beaked follicle, 4–5 per flower, creating starry cluster	Fruit a short-beaked, ridged achene, >5 per flower	Fruit a long-beaked, unridged achene, >5 per flower
	Wet to mesic woodlands	Mesic to dry-mesic woodlands	Wet to dry-mesic woodlands
	Often in large colonies	Less often in large colonies	Often in large colonies
	Midwestern, not on East Coast	Found on East Coast and Midwest	Northern and Appalachian distribution

Posted on March 20, 2023 09:15 PM by

March 20, 2023