Anemone cylindrica

Species category

Flower

Common name

candle anemone

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length: 2–3 mm
  • Width: 1.5–2 mm
  • Thickness: 1 mm

Color

Brown to black

Texture

Woolly with surface reticulatedReticulated:
Resembling a net or network, especially having veins, fibers, or lines crossing the surface.  

Other structures

Short style not included in length measurement.

Identification notes

Base slightly elongated.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Ranunculaceae

Valid name

Anemone cylindrica A. Gray

 Anemone cylindrica.  Obovate achene with slightly elongated base.
Anemone cylindrica. Obovate achene with slightly elongated base.
 Anemone  sp. Woolly with surface reticulation.
Anemone sp. Woolly with surface reticulation.