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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Ranunculaceae
Anemone cylindrica A.Gray
candle anemone, long-headed anemone, thimbleweed
Anemone: an ancient Greek name from anemos, "wind"
cylindrica: cylindrical
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb; roots a short, woody thickened stem |
| Flower: | white, 5- or 6-parted, 3/4" wide, petal-like sepals; 2-6 stalks 4"-12" long with a solitary flower; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry seeds on a 3/4"- 1 3/4" densely woolly, narrowly cylindrical cluster |
| Leaf: | basal leaves stalked, deeply palmately-divided into 3-5 toothed segments, whorl of 3-10 similar, stalked leaves at the base of the flowreing stalk, no leaf-like bracts on the flower stalks |
| Habitat: | dry to moderate moisture; woods, prairies, inland sands |
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