''Anemonastrum baicalense'' is a
species
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of flowering plant in the
genus
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Anemonastrum
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''. It is native to forests, scrub, and grassy places at 500–3100 m. altitude in
Siberia
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,
Mongolia
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, northern
China, and
North Korea
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in
Northeast Asia
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.
References
* Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou. 15: 40. 1842.
baicalense
Flora of Northeast Asia
Flora of Mongolia
Flora of Siberia
Flora of China
Flora of Korea
Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow
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