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Pacific Anemone is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names Pacific anemone, globe anemone, and Cutleaved anemone. It is native to northern North America from Alaska to New York and as far south as Arizona and New Mexico. It is also known from parts of South America. This is a perennial herb which is quite variable in appearance, especially across Varieties: It grows to heights from 10 to 70 centimeters and the leaves are covered in a coat of long silky or coarse white hairs. Each leaf is divided into many long, pointed lobes, and the lobes are sometimes subdivided. Including the petiole a single leaf may be 5 to 20 centimeters long. The flower cluster holds one or more flowers. The flowers have no petals but five to eight petal-like sepals which may be nearly any color. They are somewhat hairy, especially on the outer surface. The center of the flower contains up to 80 stamens. The fruit is a hairy, beaked achene a few millimeters long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

4 - 28 in Tall

Form

Upright

Growth rate

Fast

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Color

Yellow, White

Flowering season

Summer

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Soil description

Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.

Propagation

For propagating by seed: 2 mos. stratification; No treatment may give satisfactory germination.

Site type

Open, gravelly or rocky slopes

Plant communities

Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest