# Anemonoides oregana > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anemonoides_oregana > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anemonoides_oregana.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemonoides_oregana > Source revision: 1307050777 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Anemonoides oregana At Leavenworth Ski Hill in Chelan County, Washington Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Ranunculales Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Anemonoides Species: A. oregana Binomial name Anemonoides oregana (A.Gray) Holub Synonyms[1] List Anemone adamsiana Eastw. Anemone adamsiana var. minor Eastw. Anemone felix M.Peck Anemone nemorosa var. grayi Greene Anemone nemorosa var. oregana (A.Gray) Ulbr. Anemone oregana A.Gray Anemone oregana var. felix (M.Peck) C.L.Hitchc. Anemone quinquefolia subsp. grayi (Behr. & Kellogg) A.E.Murray Anemone quinquefolia var. grayi (Behr ex Kellogg) Jeps. Anemone quinquefolia var. minor (Eastw.) Munz Anemone quinquefolia var. oregana (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. Anemonoides felix (M.Peck) Holub ***Anemonoides oregana*** (commonly called *Anemone oregana*) is a species of flowering plant in the [buttercup](/source/Ranunculaceae) family known by the common names **blue windflower**, **Oregon anemone**, and **western wood anemone**. It is native to the forests of Washington, Oregon, and northern California in western North America, generally below 7,000 feet (2,100 m) elevation.[2][3][4] ## Taxonomy The Oregon anemone was [first formally named](/source/Species_description) by [Asa Gray](/source/Asa_Gray) in 1887.[5] It has sometimes been treated as a subspecies or variety of *[A. nemorosa](/source/Anemonoides_nemorosa)* or *[A. quinquefolia](/source/Anemonoides_quinquefolia)*.[1] Two varieties are sometimes accepted:[3][4] - *A. oregana* var. *oregana* is found from [Chelan County, Washington](/source/Chelan_County%2C_Washington) south to California and less commonly west of the [Cascade Range](/source/Cascade_Range).[3][4] - *A. oregana* var. *felix* is a generally smaller variety limited to coastal wetlands of [Grays Harbor County, Washington](/source/Grays_Harbor_County%2C_Washington), and [Lincoln County, Oregon](/source/Lincoln_County%2C_Oregon).[3] As of August 2020[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anemonoides_oregana&action=edit), [Kew](/source/Kew)'s [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepts no infraspecific taxa of *Anemonoides oregana*.[1] ## Description *Anemone oregana* is a perennial herb growing from a thick [rhizome](/source/Rhizome), generally 50–300 mm (2–12 in) high, but exceptionally to 350 mm (14 in). A single basal leaf made up of three large leaflets on a 40–200 mm (2–8 in) [petiole](/source/Petiole_(botany)) may be present. The [inflorescence](/source/Inflorescence) consists of a single tier of three leaflike bracts and a single flower. The bracts are similar to the basal leaf when the latter is present. The terminal leaflet may have a petiole or may be sessile. Its margin is sharply toothed on the distal half or third and its tip is pointed. Lateral leaflets may have a single lobe. The flower has no petals but 5 to 7 petal-like [sepals](/source/Sepal) in any of several colors, usually blue or purple but sometimes reddish, pink, white, or bicolored. In the center of the flower are up to 75 thin [stamens](/source/Stamen). The fruit is a cluster of [achenes](/source/Achene).[3][4] - Lateral leaflets may be lobeless or have a single lobe as in this individual with white-sepals. - Pistils are clustered, short and numerous and surrounded by 30 to 75 much longer stamens. Below the flower are five to eight petal-like sepals. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-powo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-powo_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-powo_1-2) ["*Anemonoides oregana* (A.Gray) Holub"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13538-2). *Plants of the World Online*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew). Retrieved 9 August 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sullivan2018_2-0)** Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). ["*Anemone oregana*"](http://www.wildflowersearch.com/search?&PlantName=Anemone+oregana). *Wildflower Search*. Retrieved 2018-08-19. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wtu2018_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wtu2018_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-wtu2018_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-wtu2018_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-wtu2018_3-4) Giblin, David, ed. (2018). ["*Anemone oregana*"](http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Anemone%20oregana). *WTU Herbarium Image Collection*. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2018-08-19. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-jepson_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-jepson_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-jepson_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-jepson_4-3) ["Anemone oregana var. oregana"](http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=Anemone%20oregana%20var.%20oregana). *in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora*. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-19. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ipni13484-2_5-0)** ["*Anemone oregana* A.Gray"](http://ipni.org/n/13484-2). *ipni.org*. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 9 August 2020. Taxon identifiers Anemonoides oregana Wikidata: Q98179284 Wikispecies: Anemonoides oregana CoL: DXQP GBIF: 3921833 iNaturalist: 950601 IPNI: 13538-2 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13538-2 Tropicos: 27103232 WFO: wfo-0001130146 Anemone oregana Wikidata: Q4115560 Calflora: 358 CoL: DXF9 EoL: 596363 FNA: 233500075 GBIF: 3033249 iNaturalist: 62586 IPNI: 13484-2 IRMNG: 11166625 ITIS: 18446 NatureServe: 2.133768 Open Tree of Life: 3945166 Plant List: kew-2638543 PLANTS: ANOR POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13484-2 Tropicos: 27100667 WFO: wfo-0000535632 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anemonoides oregana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemonoides_oregana) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemonoides_oregana?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.