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Anemone quinquefolia (nightcaps)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Anemone quinquefolia is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone, native to North America. It is commonly called wood anemone, like Anemone nemorosa, a closely related European species. The American species has been treated as a subspecies of Anemone nemorosa.
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Infraspecies

Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia (nightcaps)
Anemone quinquefolia var. minima (nightcaps)
Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (nightcaps)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  An extremely acrid plant, even small doses causing a great disturbance of the stomach;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees, Flies, Bats
Structure [3]  Herb
Height [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0