Flower ID: IMG_1744.JPG-06-04-2019 Flower name (scientific): Anemone cylindrica A. Gray PY: 1836. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ah-NEM-oh-nee sil-IN-drih-kah Flower name (common): Thimbleweed Family name (common): Buttercup Family name (scientific): Ranunculaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek anemos, meaning wind. Specific epithet: From the Latin for long and round, that is, cylidrical, referencing the shape of the seed heads. Common name origin: The cone-like center resembles a thimble. Flower description: Size: 0.7 to 1.0 inches (1.8 to 2.5 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Erect. Size: 12 to 36 inches (30 to 91 cm) Stem hairy: Stem is hairy. Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and/or whorl, type is compound and lobed. Basal leaves have a petiole up to 21 cm long. The terminal leaflet is sessile. Leaflet margins serrate or crenate for the distal third to one-half. Size: Terminal leaflets up to about 10 cm long with up to a similar width. Color: Medium green. Hairy: Leaf surfaces have stiff hairs. Other: Shape: leaf, (basal) ternate, leaflet, (terminal) broadly rhombic to oblanceolate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): June to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies, woods, fields, roadsides, sun or part shade, dry to moist. Fruit: Thimble-like in appearance that becomes a woolly cottony tuft containing tiny seeds. Seed: Brow, about 2 mm in length. Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Anemone virginiana (Tall Thimbleweed) is fairly similar to Anemone cylindrica. One way to distinguish these two is to examine the leaves: A. cylindrica has less dentation (teeth) along the leaf margins compared with the leaves of A. virginiana. Plant height may help differentiate these two species, with A. cylindrica growing to around 70 to 80 cm and A. virginiana to around 100 to 110 cm. Ethnobotany: The Meskwaki used this plant to prepare a headache and dizzy spell remedy, and also employed the plant for burns and as an eye medicine (Smith, p. 238, 1928). The Objibwa utilized the plant for lung congestion and tuberculous (Smith, p. 383, 1932; Moerman, p. 72, 1998). Latitude: 44.799912 Longitude: -91.507505 Altitude: 248.70 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AZ, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VT, WI, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): na Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 1 heterotypic synonym for this species. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed