Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta -- flowering plants

Class: Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons

Order: Ranunculales

Family: Ranunculaceae

Common Name: Piper's anemone

Species Code: ANPI

Origin: Native to forested parts of eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana and northeastern Oregon.

Rare: no

Form: forb; erect, deciduous, perennial, 15-35 cm tall, from dark-brown fork-tipped vertical rhizomes.

Duration: perennial

Habitat Type: forest

Wetland Indicator Status: FACU-

Leaves: basal leaf (if present) single, biserrate, trifoliate with leaflets up to 7 cm long; cauline leaves similar to basal leaves but always in a whorl of 3 short-petiolate dissected leaves.

Mature height: 6-14 inches

Flowers: solitary, showy, 5-merous, regular, white or pinkish, 12-16 mm wide; late April-early Aug.

Flower color: white, pale pink

Bloom: April, May

Bloom starts on: mid April

Bloom ends on: late May

Fruit: achene, elliptic, hairy, 3 mm long.

Characteristics:
Reproduces both sexually by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes.
Fruit is an achene.

Sun requirement: shade

Soil moisture: moist

Sowing time: no information available

Transplant time: no information available

Stratification: no information available

Seed yield: no information available

Seed first harvest: no information available

Seed cleaning: no information available

Planting duration: no information available

Seed insect problem: no information available

Seed size: small

Seed harvest date: no information available

Herbaria: Specimen data and digital resources from The Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

Key words: native upland forest perennial forb

Propagation:
No information is available.
Reproduces both sexually by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes.