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Piper's Anemone - Anemone piperi
Native Species
Global Rank:
G4
State Rank:
S4?
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
5
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Common and widespread in moist forests of western Montana.
General Description
Stems 10–25 cm from ascending rhizomes. Leaves solitary or absent, sparsely hairy to glabrous; the blade with 3 oblanceolate, lobed or toothed leaflets 2–6 cm long. Inflorescence 1-flowered, subtended by 3 leaf-like, petiolate, trifoliolate bracts; the oblanceolate leaflets to 7 cm long. Flowers with 5 to 7 white sepals 7–15 mm long. Achenes in a globose head, short-hairy, 2–4 mm long; the beak 1 mm or less long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Endemic to central ID and adjacent BC, OR, MT, disjunct in UT (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 72
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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King, C. R. 1953. The Ranunculaceae of Montana. M.S. Thesis, Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 82 p.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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