''Enemion'' (false rue-anemone) are spring ephemerals with white flowers, branching stems, and finely divided leaves in the

buttercup family Ranunculaceae (, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide. The largest genera are ''Ranunculus'' (600 species), ''Delphinium ...

. One species, '' Enemion biternatum'', is native to eastern and central

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

, while '' Enemion occidentale'', '' stipitatum'', ''hallii'', and ''savilei'' are native to the

West Coast of the United States The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast and the Western Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. The term typically refers to the Contiguous United States, contig ...

and

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. The genus ''

Isopyrum ''Isopyrum'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae native to Eurasia and North America. ''Isopyrum'' plants possess white flowers with five sepals and five petals. The genus was first described in 1753 by the biologist Carl ...

'' is similar, and has species native to Europe and Asia. ''Enemion'' comes from

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(''ēnémion''), another word for "

anemone ''Anemone'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all regions except Australia, New Zealand, and ...

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Ranunculaceae genera Flora of Northern America Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Ranunculaceae-stub