Anemone caroliniana
carolina thimble-weed, carolina anemone, carolina thimbleweed, southern thimbleweed, prairie anemone
Family
Ranunculaceae
Leaf Arrangement
opposite, whorled
Leaf Attachment
sessile
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
linear, lanceolate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
blue, pink, purple, white
Flower Month
February - May
Height (meters)
0.0 - 0.6
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Growing Season
Cool season
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
10
Field Characters
2 types of leaves. involcre entered here. Basal leaves: segments usually 3, 10-30mm long & wide, lobed and crenate, laciniate or sometimes ternate with serrate leaflets, largest blades 20-50 mm wide.
Cultural Information
Seed planted fresh in the fall after it was collected showed poor and slow germination. Howeveer, when stored at room temperature and planted in the spring, germination was 40-90% (Nichols 1934). Seed germination reported to improve with cold/moist stratification (Steffen 1997). There are approximately 600,000 seed/lb.
Habitat
Prairies, pastures, and meadows.