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Canada Anemone or Canada Wind Flower
Anemone canadensis		  
Family Buttercup  (Ranunculaceae)
Bloom Spring, early summer
Habitat Dry, shade, edges of deciduous woods
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 1-2'
Flower Single white flower about 1" wide rising above the leaves.  Each flower has 5 petal-like white sepals.  A central tuft of white to yellowish stamens is quite noticeable.
Leaf Each leaf is composed of 3-5 deeply cleft and coarsely toothed leaflets.  There may be a long-stalked leaf from the base of the plant that is similar to the stem leaves.  They are usually found in colonies.
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