Enemion

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = False rue anemones | image = False Rue Anemone.jpg | image_caption = ''Enemion biternatum'', the false rue-anemone | image_alt = Five-petaled white flowers blooming among leaves with oblong dissected leaflets | taxon = Enemion | authority = Raf. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Enemion biternatum'' *''Enemion hallii'' *''Enemion occidentale'' *''Enemion savilei'' *''Enemion stipitatum'' }}

'''''Enemion''''' ('''false rue-anemone''') are spring ephemerals with white flowers, branching stems, and finely divided leaves in the buttercup family. One species, ''Enemion biternatum'', is native to eastern and central North America, while ''Enemion occidentale'', ''stipitatum'', ''hallii'', and ''savilei'' are native to the West Coast of the United States and Canada.<!-- This is shown by the USDA range maps in the Subordinate taxa tab. --> The genus ''Isopyrum'' is similar, and has species native to Europe and Asia.

''Enemion'' comes from Ancient Greek {{lang|grc|ἠνέμιον}} (''ēnémion''), another word for {{lang|grc|ἀνεμώνη}} "anemone".<ref>{{LSJ|h)ne/mion|ἠνέμιον|ref}}</ref><!-- Don't have a source saying the genus name comes from this Greek word, but it's pretty clear. -->

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Category:Enemion Category:Ranunculaceae genera Category:Flora of Northern America Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

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