Anemone hupehensis (Lemoine) Lemoine, Ranunculaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  yes

Common name(s): [more details]

English: hupeh anemone, Japanese anemone

Habit:  herb

Description:  "Erect perennial herbs; stems 0.5-1.5 m long, appressed pilose. Basal leaves ternately compound, leaflets ovate, 4-20 cm long, 5-15 cm wide, upper surface green, sparsely strigose, lower surface pale green, appressed pilose, primarily along veins, toothed and lobed, base cordate. Sepals 5-20, white, often tinged pink or purple, lower surface velvety pubescent. Achenes numerous in a globose head, ca 2 mm long, long-pilose" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 1087).

Habitat/ecology:  In Hawai‘i, "naturalized and locally common in open, wet, disturbed areas along roadsides and in wet forest, 1,080-1,530 m" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 1087).

Propagation:  Wind-distributed seed.

Native range:  China (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 1087).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1087) Voucher cited: Fagerlund & Mitchell 219 (BISH)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
China China	China (People's Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
Japan Japan	Japan (country)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
Taiwan Taiwan	Taiwan Island	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)

Comments:  Cultivated and naturalized in Japan (GRIN).

Additional information:
Additional online information about Anemone hupehensis is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Anemone hupehensis as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Anemone hupehensis may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Cronk, Q. C. B./Fuller, J. L. 2001. Plant invaders. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London. 241 pp.

Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (in English). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2009. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.

Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Revised edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication. University of Hawai‘i Press/Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1919 pp. (two volumes).