Anemone quinquefolia minima

Description

It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing in early spring to 5–30 cm 2–12 in tall, and dying back down to the root-like rhizomes by mid summer. The rhizomes spread just below the soil surface and grow quickly, contributing to its rapid spread in woodland conditions, where it can carpet large areas. The flower has five occasionally four, or six to nine petal-like segments actually sepals that are 6–25 mm 0.24–0.98 in long and 4–8 mm 0.16–0.31 in wide.The flowers are usually white, but sometimes pink, or with a pink base and white tip, or with a white base and a pink or blue tip. The leaf has three leaflets, but appears to have five. The leaves are in three parts with deeply lobed lateral leaflets, giving the appearance of five leaflets. The leaf veins are branched and not parallel.