Anemone fanninii Harv. ex Mast.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  Free State

• Locality

  Harrismith, Sterkfontein Nature Reserve

• Coordinates

  -28.555, 29.0083

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plants of South Africa
Ranunculaceae
Anemone fanninii Harv. ex Mast.
det. H. J. Venter, 2002
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10 THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY. NY
N.EW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00211490
South Africa. Free State. Harrismith, Sterkfontein Nature Reserve: 28° 33.302'
S: 29° 0.497'E
On moderate mountain slope or klooffgorge, in pasture, in full sun. In seasonally
waterlogged soil of sandstone loamy black turf. Native and occasional.
Grassland.
Perennial geophyte, 1.0 m high, with a large subterranean tuber with fleshy
roots. Petiole long and hairy. Simple, hairy leaves alternate, leaf blade nearly
orbicular, green with teeth of denmtate margine red. Flowers 8 cm in diameter,
in umbels of 1-3 flowers, petals free and white, stamens yellow.
H. J. Venter 9856
25 October 2002
00211490