Anemone virginiana L.
Tall anemone, tall thimbleweed
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10/2/2010 · Hackers Trail, Cliff Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recr, Pennsylvania · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
10/2/2010 · Hackers Trail, Cliff Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recr, Pennsylvania · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 
8/12/2023 · Highlands Trail via Pismire Bluffs Trail, Raymond Community Forest, Raymond, Maine · ≈ 8 × 6″ (20 × 16 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
| Order | Ranunculales | Basal (evolved earlier) eudicots, also called “true dicots” |
| Family | Ranunculaceae | Buttercup family |
| Genus | Anemone | From Greek anemos, “wind” |
| Species | virginiana | From or referring to Virginia |
Anemone virginiana description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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