Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

Tall Thimbleweed is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America. Its white or greenish-white flowers grow from May until July, and when ripe, the fruits are dense rounded thimble-shaped spikes 15–35 millimeters long and 12 millimeters wide.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Anemone

Species

Anemone virginiana