eastern false rue anemone

(Enemion biternatum)

Conservation Status
eastern false rue anemone
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

N5? - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

FAC - Facultative

     
  Midwest

FAC - Facultative

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

FAC - Facultative

     
           
 
Description
 
 

Eastern false rue anemone is a 4 to 16 tall, erect, perennial forb that rises on slender stems from fibrous roots and occasional small tuber-like thickenings. It often forms dense colonies.

Basal leaves arise from the base of the plant on hairless stalks up to 4¾ long. The basal leaves divided into 3 stalked leaflets. The leaflets are up to 1 long and ¾ wide, with 2 or usually 3 lobes, sometimes with 1 to 3 secondary lobes. The lobes are rounded and have a small, abrupt, glandular point at the tip. The upper and lower surfaces are hairless. At the top of the flowering stalk, just below the inflorescence, are 2 opposite or 3 whorled leaves, which are similar to the basal leaves. The stem leaves are alternate, smaller, less divided, and on shorter leaf stalks.

The inflorescence is flowers rising either singly or in loose, leafy clusters of 2 to 4 from the leaf axils.

The flowers are ½ to ¾ across. They have 5 white petal-like sepals. There are no petals. In the center are 25 to 50 stamens with yellow anthers.

The fruit is a dry, upright or widely spreading fruit with several seeds that splits open along one side at maturity.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

4 to 16

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

White

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
 

Rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) is a shorter plant, reaching only 8 in height at maturity. The flowers are much larger, up to 1¼ across, have 6 to 10 petal-like sepals, and are often pale pink-purple to lavender. The leaves ave very shallowly lobed or simply notched. It is often found as a solitary plant.

 
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Moderate moisture. Woods, forests.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

April to May

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
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Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
  4/14/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Ranunculanae  
 

Order

Ranunculales (buttercups, poppies, and allies)  
 

Family

Ranunculaceae (buttercup)  
  Subfamily Thalictroideae (columbines and meadow-rues)  
 

Genus

Enemion  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
       
       
 

Synonyms

 
  Isopyrum biternatum  
       
 

Common Names

 
 

eastern false rue anemone

eastern false rue-anemone

false rue anemone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Axil

The upper angle where the leaf stalk meets the stem.

 

Rhizome

A horizontal, usually underground stem. It serves as a reproductive structure, producing roots below and shoots above at the nodes.

 
 
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Uploaded on Apr 28, 2010

http://www.prairiemoon.com - False Rue Anemone, shown here in bloom April 21 at Prairie Moon Nursery, is a nice woodland plant with attractive spring flowers and foliage lasting through the season.

   

 

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