Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Low elevation prairies to subalpine ridges.
Flowers: March-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Perennial from light-colored, slender, scaly, horizontal rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-25 cm. tall, glabrous to puberulent.
Basal leaves usually one, thin, trifoliate, mostly glabrous, the leaflets 1-3 cm. long, bi-serrate with rounded teeth, the lateral pair often deeply lobed; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves near the midpoint, these similar to the basal leaves.
Flowers single; sepals usually 5, white, or sometimes bluish or pinkish, oblong, 6-10 mm. long; petals none; stamens 12-20; pistils numerous.
Achenes ovate, 3-4 mm. long, finely pubescent; style 0.5 mm. long.
Publication: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 227. 1891.
Anemone quinquefolia L. var. lyallii (Britton) B.L. Rob.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Anemone lyallii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Anemone lyallii checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Anemone lyallii information.
E-Flora BC: Anemone lyallii atlas page.
CalPhotos: Anemone lyallii photos.
USDA Plants: Anemone lyallii information.
