Anemone narcissiflora L.
narcissus anemone
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Judith Holm     (Photo ID #80827)


Map

E-Flora BC Static Map

Distribution of Anemone narcissiflora
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC

Anemone narcissiflora var. villosissima

Species Information

General:
Perennial herb from a woody stem-base; stems erect, 7-60 cm tall; commonly hairy.
Leaves:
Basal, 3 to 10, ascending, 2-10 cm wide, palmately 3-parted, the margins incised on the upper 1/3, sometimes with a few teeth, the lateral leaflets deeply 1- to 3-lobed, incised, the ultimate segments 3-10 mm wide, nearly smooth to silky-hairy; stalks 4-20 cm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a 2- to 8-flowered terminal umbel, or a solitary flower; flower stalks nearly smooth to long soft-hairy; involucral bracts (2-) 3, leaf-like, similar to basal leaves but greatly reduced, bases clasping and more or less joined; petals absent; sepals usually 5 to 9, petal-like, white to cream, often blue-tinged on outer surface, egg- to diamond-shaped, 8-20 mm long, 5-13 mm wide, smooth; stamens 40-80 (100).
Fruits:
Achenes, numerous in a spheric head on stalks 5-14 cm long, the achenes ellipsoid to egg-shaped, 5-9 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, winged, smooth; beaks curved to curved back, 0.8-1.5 mm long, smooth.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Anemone narcissiflora

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information
Value / Class

Avg

Min

Max

Elevation (metres)
1589 930 2230
Slope Gradient (%)
22 0 80

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

217 5 360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
3 0 8
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
C
# of field plots
 species was recorded in:
119
Modal BEC Zone Class
BAFA

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

BAFA(66), BWBS(1), ESSF(6), SBS(1), SWB(45)

Habitat and Range

Moist to mesic meadows, heath, rocky slopes, shrublands and forest openings in the subalpine and alpine zones; common in N BC and along the coast from Brooks Peninsula northward; circumboreal, N to AK, YT and NT.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia