Rue Anemone

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Stem. - Six to twelve inches high. Leaves. - Divided into rounded leaflets. Flowers. - White or pinkish, clustered. Calyx. - Of five to ten petal-like sepals. Corolla. - None. Stamens. - Numerous. Pistils. - Four to fifteen

The rue anemone seems to linger especially about the spreading roots of old trees. It blossoms with the wood anemone, from which it differs in bearing its flowers in clusters.

The flowers have short stems that hold the fully opened flowers above the foliage. The flowers have short stems that hold the fully opened flowers above the foliage. The showy rounded flowers have many yellow stamens in the middle, and a cup of white to pinkish-lavender sepals.

The leaflets of the rue anemone are widely rounded in shape and the ends are three lobed.