Enemion occidentale

Western rue-anemone

Family: Ranunculaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Western rue-anemone is a California native perennial found in the North Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, central western California, and northern Transverse Ranges in shaded slopes, chaparral, oak woodland, and conifer forest at elevations of 200 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces delicate white flowers occasionally tinged pink, with sepals 3 to 7 millimeters wide. Growing 8 to 34 centimeters tall with 1 to 3 erect, generally simple stems, it has a distinctive leaf structure. Its leaves are 3 to 12 centimeters long, with segment lobes divided into 2 to 3 parts, typically less than half the segment's length. The fruit develops to 8 to 10.5 millimeters long, completing the plant's annual cycle.

Habitat: Shaded slopes, chaparral, oak woodland, conifer forest

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 200-1500 m

Bioregions: NCoRI, SN, CW (exc CCo), n WTR.

California counties: Kern, Tulare, Fresno, Monterey, Mariposa, San Luis Obispo, Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Santa Clara, Calaveras, Nevada, Placer, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Tuolumne, Los Angeles, Tehama, Alameda, Trinity, San Francisco

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.