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Cutleaf anemone (Anemone patens var. multifida)

Submitted by Anna Carragee for IMLS Seed Longevity project.

Photo Credit: Richard Ramsden
  • Global Rank: T5 - Secure
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • State: AB, AK, BC, CO, IA, IL, KS, MB, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NT, NU, ON, SD, SK, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY
  • Nature Serve ID: 160969
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 06/25/2021
Description:

Where is Cutleaf anemone (Anemone patens var. multifida) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Cutleaf anemone can be found in Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Which CPC Partners conserve Cutleaf anemone (Anemone patens var. multifida)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Anna Carragee
  • 10/13/2022

Photo credit: Richard Ramsden

The Anemone patens var. multifida seeds we collected for the Seed Longevity Study are from 4 known extant populations in Washington State. In Washington A. patens var. multifida populations range in size from 3 individuals to about 1600. The one we collected from had 501 to 1000 individuals in it. For future seed collectors we caution that they must be able to distinguish Geum trifolium from A. multifida var. patens because they two species grow near each other and if you are not looking carefully at the leaves and only at the seed heads they can appear very similar.

Katie Heineman
  • 06/25/2021
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

The University of Washington Botanic Garden has been storing seed of the Cutleaf anemone in seed collection since in its Miller Seed Vault since at least 2006. As part of CPC's IMLS-funded seed longevity study, UWBG researchers will revisit a population collected 2006 and send seed to the National Laboratory for Genetic Resources preservation of analysis of how the RNA integrity and germination viability of fresh vs. long term stored seeds.

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Nomenclature
Taxon Anemone patens var. multifida
Authority Pritz.
Family Ranunculaceae
CPC Number 449600
ITIS 532147
USDA PUPAM
Duration Perennial
Common Names Cutleaf anemone | Prairie pasqueflower | Puslatille multifide
Associated Scientific Names Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida | Anemone patens ssp. multifida | Pulsatilla nuttalliana | Anemone patens var. multifida
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Washington S1
Alberta S5
British Columbia S5
Manitoba S4
Northwest Territories SNR
Nunavut SU
Ontario S1
Saskatchewan S5
Alaska SNR
Colorado SNR
Illinois S1S2
Iowa SNR
Kansas SNR
Minnesota SNR
Montana SNR
Nebraska SNR
New Mexico SNR
North Dakota SNR
South Dakota SNR
Texas SNR
Utah SNR
Wisconsin SNR
Wyoming S4
Ecological Relationships

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