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| habit and leaves | flower--the typical color in this species is white. Notice how there are many separate, individual simple pistils. Each one of these will develop into a separate fruit. Are these ovaries superior or inferior? |
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| another flower--sometimes the flowers in Anemone berlandieri are purplish. The "petals" in the flowers of all species of Anemone are actually not petals at all, but showy sepals. | sepals, before flower opening. Also notice the leaf-like bracts, which are divided. |
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| fruits--these fruits are adapted for wind dispersal. Each fruit developed from one of the many simple pistils within a single flower (in Ranunculaceae, the pistils are not fused together). The receptacle (to which the pistils are attached) elongates after pollination to create the long structure seen here |
