Anemone quinquefolia

Anemone quinquefolia wood anemone

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA Synonyms:   Anemonoides quinquefolia

A small plant with 5 white petal-like sepals, it carpets the woodland floor in mid-spring.  The leaves are arranged in a whorl of deeply cut, 3 or 5 parted leaves midway on the stem.

Common in moist, open woods and thickets.

Present throughout the state but less in the north.

Wetland codes
EMP: FACU
NCNE: FACU



Flowers late May to August.

Flowers  solitary, 5 to 8 whitish sepals ovate to obovate

S-rank:  No rank
G-rank:  G5 (Secure)

Anemone quinquefolia wood anemone

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA
Synonyms:   Anemonoides quinquefolia
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Plant Life-Form
Common Names
wood anemone