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Sonoran Desert Plants
Anemone tuberosa (Desert windflower)

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Anemone tuberosa

Anemone tuberosa

Habitat: rocky slopes
Life Form: perennial forb
Leaf Description: mostly basal pinnatifid leaves
Flower Color: white
Flowering Period: Feb. to Apr.
Spines: spineless
Family: Ranunculaceae (ranunculus family)
Abundance: rare

 

References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 311

"Sonoran Desert Wildflowers", Richard Spellenberg, 2003, Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut
    page 68

"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
    page 67
    plate 246

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