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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Ranunculaceae
Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritz.
American pasqueflower, prairie-smoke
Anemone: an ancient Greek name from anemos, "wind"
patens: Latin meaning spreading
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-16" tall forb, hairy throughout; roots a short, thick, woody stem |
| Flower: | blue to white, 5-7-parted, 1"-1 1/2" long, cup-shaped; solitary on long, hairy stalks; blooms March-May |
| Fruit: | many dry seeds in a rounded cluster of long, fluffy hairs |
| Leaf: | palmately-divided into fine segments, kidney-shaped in outline, basal leaves long-stalked, a whorl of stalkless leaves beneath the flower |
| Habitat: | dry to moderate moisture; hillsides, prairies, cliffs, woods |
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