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Annual, perennial herb, sometimes aquatic
Leaves generally basal and cauline, generally alternate, simple or compound; petioles at base generally flat, sometimes sheathing or stipule-like
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; sepals generally 5, free, early deciduous or withering in fruit, generally green; petals 0many, free; stamens generally 10many; pistils 1many, ovary superior, chamber 1, style 1, generally ± persistent in fruit as beak, ovules 1many
Fruit: achene, follicle, berry, or utricle-like, 1many-seeded
Genera in family: ± 60 genera, 1700 species: worldwide, especially n temp, tropical mtns; many ornamental (Adonis, Aquilegia, Clematis, Consolida, Delphinium, Erianthis, Helleborus ),some highly TOXIC (Aconitum, Actaea, Delphinium, Ranunculus )
Reference: [Duncan & Keener 1991 Phytologia 70:2427]
Perennial from stout, simple to branched caudex, rhizome, or tuber
Stems 1several, erect, generally simple
Leaves simple to 1-ternate, blade or leaflet toothed to dissected; basal leaves rosetted, petioled, in flower or fruit withered or persistent; cauline leaves generally 23, in 12 whorls, petiole 0 to short
Inflorescence terminal; peduncles 15, erect, 1-flowered, in fruit elongated
Flower radial; receptacle in fruit elongated; sepals 58(10), petal-like; petals 0; pistils many, styles in fruit generally persistent, generally glabrous to puberulent
Fruit: achenes, densely clustered
Species in genus: ± 100 species: temp worldwide
Etymology: (Greek: flower shaken by wind)
Some species cultivated for ornamental. Plants with long, plumose styles sometimes separated as Pulsatilla.
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Plant (5)1550 cm; caudex branched
Stems 1several; hairs soft
Leaves dissected; basal fewmany, petioles 312 cm, soft-hairy, blades 29 cm, segments lanceolate to oblong, generally 24 mm wide; cauline segments 25(7) mm wide, petioles generally ± 0
Inflorescence: flowers 13
Flower: sepals 58, 612 mm, yellowish to purplish, lower surface soft-hairy
Fruit: cluster generally ovoid to spheric, 1020 mm, woolly to densely silky; styles 12 mm
Chromosomes: n=16
Ecology: Open, gravelly or rocky slopes, subalpine
Elevation: 18002750 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges (Marble Mtns, Siskiyou Co.), n High Sierra Nevada (The Dardanelles, Alpine Co.)
Distribution outside California: to Alaska, e Canada, Colorado, also Chile
Horticultural information: In cultivation.