#tenpetal anemone

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Scientific Name: Anemone berlandieri Common Name(s): Tenpetal anemone, tenpetal thimbleweed Family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Forb USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Lucas, Texas Season(s): Winter

Lies! All lies!

First off, when a plant is named “tenpetal,” wouldn’t you expect its defining feature to be flowers with ten petals? But look at this thing. Count’em. Do you see ten? No, that number is highly variable between individuals and is not a reliable key for identifying this species.

Worse, those … aren’t even petals. No, they’re sepals. This plant doesn’t have any petals at all. (When a plant either lacks petals or when its petals and sepals are indistinguishable, the term “tepal” is used, but I’m not enough of an expert to know if it applies here.)

After the flower appears, the stem continues to grow so that the bract becomes sufficiently far down the stem to appear as leaves. Don’t be mistaken. The leaves for this plant grow only at its base.

This plant is a perennial that blooms in late winter and early spring, then goes dormant over summer and fall. White is most common, but the flowers’ colors can range from white to purple.

Two Anemone species, A. berlandieri and A. caroliniana, are found here in North Texas, and they can be difficult to tell apart at first glance. Using this side-by-side comparison, we can identify this as A. berlandieri by the hairs on the stem below the bract even without any basal leaves visible in this photo.

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A tenpetal thimbleweed (Anemone berlandieri) in Florida, USA

by Alex Roukis

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March 27, Day 86/87

Day 86 2015

Grandpa's kitty cat, Scratches, looking out the picture window a the birds in the garden.

#kitty #cat #picturewindow #birds #garden #nature #greatview #relaxing #beautiful #chilly #spring #afternoon #country #missouri #picoftheday #project365 #day86

Day 87 2016

I hope you all had a fantastically blessed Easter!!

#easter #happyeaster #easteregg #egghunt #hunt #spring #blessed #beautiful #nature #outdoors #grass #green #shadesofgreen #march #picoftheday #project365 #day87

Day 86 2017

The jewel on my nail polish bottle.

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Day 86 2018

Peggy

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Day 86 2019

A little scribble scrabble before bed

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Day 87 2020

Weeds springing up anywhere they can!

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Day 86 2021

Agave is one silly kitty 😸

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Day 86 2022

Anemone berlandieri or the Tenpetal Anemone (which is awkward bc it doesn’t actually have petals, just colored sepals and obviously more than 10)

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Day 86 2023

Someone wanted to help me with my writing prompts during book club.

#thanksbud #leo #kitty #cat #furbaby #unbrokenbookclub #marycatherinemcdonald #fullday #march #march27 #2023 #picoftheday #project365 #day86

Day 87 2024

Went hunting for anemones but the tide was keeping the waters secrets.

#secret #dailytheme #huntingforanemones #didntfindevenone #nada #seawall #water #gulf #noanemoneshere #march #march27 #2024 #picoftheday #project365 #day87

If felt like we looked between all the rocks too!!! Where the heck were they all hiding!?

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The first spring wildflowers are up (pic from Feb 1). This is Anemone berlandieri, the tenpetal anemone. Most are white, but there are some that come up in a gorgeous blue-purple.

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A faux color slide film rendering of the Tenpetal Anemone ( Anemone berlandieri), AKA Granny's Nightcap, Southern Anemone, Tenpetal Thimblew