Eranthis Salisb.

Eranthis (en), Éranthe (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae

Characteristics

Herbs , perennial, from ca.   thick rhizomes formed of several subglobose segments (tubers). Leaves basal, petiolate. Leaf blade deeply, palmately divided or 3--5-foliolate; leaflets ovate, unlobed to 3-lobed, margins sharply cleft, irregularly dentate. Inflorescences terminal, flowers solitary; involucres present, involucral bracts 3, leaflike, closely subtending flower. Flowers bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals not persistent in fruit, 5--8, yellow, plane, narrowly obovate or elliptic, ca. 15--18 mm; petals 5--8, distinct, yellow [white], cupped around nectary, 2-lipped, ± clawed, ca. 4mm; nectary present; stamens 30--36; filaments filiform; staminodes absent between stamens and pistils; pistils 3--9(--11), 1-carpellate; ovules 6--9 per pistil; style present. Fruit follicles, aggregate, stipitate, flat, [linear] oblong-lanceolate, sides with veins conspicuous upon drying; beak terminal, straight or distally curved, 2--3 mm. Seeds olive-brown, ovoid to ellipsoid, somewhat flattened, smooth. x =8.
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Herbs perennial, with tuberous rhizomes. Basal leaves 1 or 2, or absent, long petiolate, palmately divided. Scape unbranched; bracts several, verticillate, forming an involucre. Flower solitary, terminal, actinomorphic. Sepals 5--8, yellow, white, or pink-red, petaloid, oblong, elliptic, or ovate, caducous. Petals 5--8, tubular, small, shortly stalked, slightly concave or 2-fid, sometimes with sterile anthers. Stamens 10 or numerous; filaments narrowly linear, 1-veined; anthers ellipsoid or orbicular. Follicles 4--9, rarely more, usually stalked. Seeds many in a follicle, compressed globose, smooth or reticulate.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 20
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Images

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Distribution

Eranthis world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331596-2
WFO ID wfo-4000013673
COL ID 4DMB
BDTFX ID 86387
INPN ID 192261
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Synonyms

Eranthis Helleborodes Shibateranthis

Lower taxons

Eranthis cilicica Eranthis stellata Eranthis longistipitata Eranthis pinnatifida Eranthis sibirica Eranthis iranica Eranthis albiflora Eranthis lobulata Eranthis hyemalis