Anemone tuberosa – Tuber Anemone

Anemone tuberosa - Tuber Anemone, Desert Anemone (white flower)

Anemone tuberosa - Tuber Anemone, Desert Anemone (pink flower)

Anemone tuberosa - Tuber Anemone, Desert Anemone (fruit)

Anemone tuberosa - Tuber Anemone, Desert Anemone

Plant Name

Scientific Name: Anemone tuberosa

Common Names: Tuber Anemone, Desert Anemone

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Herb/Forb

Arizona Native Status: Native

Habitat: Desert, Upland. These wildflowers are usually found growing on rocky slopes.

Flower Color: White, Pale pink, Pale violet

Flowering Season: Winter (late), Spring

Height: To 16 inches (41 cm) tall

Description: The flowers are 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) across and have white, petal-like sepals with delicately-haired undersides. The flowers are followed by large, woolly, cylindrical seed heads. The leaves are dark green, hairless, finely dissected into toothed leaflets, and both basal and in a whorl midway up the stem. The stem is upright, hairless, fleshy, and it sprouts from an underground tuber.

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus: Anemone L. – anemone
Species: Anemone tuberosa Rydb. – tuber anemone

More About This Plant

Arizona County Distribution Map