Putnam Park Wildflowers


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.
     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