Anemone thomsoniiOliv. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Anemone thomsonnii
Anemone sp. nov.
Anemone thomsonii
Flora
Entry for Anemone thomsonii Oliv. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1952) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD AND W. B. TURRILL
Names
Anemone thomsoniiOliv. [family RANUNCULACEAE], in J. L. S. 21: 397 (1885); Hook., Ic. Pl. t. 1491 (1885). Type: Tanganyika, Kilimanjaro, J. Thomson (K, holo.!)
Information
Rhizome short and stout. Basal leaves usually thrice ternate, the ultimate lobes more or less deeply and narrowly segmented, 0.3–4.0 dm. long, more or less hairy on lower surface. Flowering stems 0.7–7.0 dm. tall, with a silky adpressed indumentum dense near the involucre and below the flower, one-flowered. Involucre very reduced, sometimes only slightly foliaceous. Flower 2.5–6.5 cm. in diameter. Sepals white or white tinged pink on inner surface, outer surface often pink, red, or purple. Carpels and achenes with dense silky indumentum, style short and glabrous, less than 1 mm. long in fruit.
