The American species has been treated as a subspecies of "Anemone nemorosa". It can be confused with "Anemone nemorosa" which it resembles. "Anemone nemorosa" (wood anemone) is similar. It is commonly called wood anemone, like "Anemone nemorosa", a closely related European species. "Anemone nemorosa" is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant less than in height. Wood anemone ("Anemone nemorosa") and common bluebell ("Hyacinthoides non-scripta") are both locally abundant. An anemone that Booth discovered in a wood nearby, "Anemone nemorosa", was named "Lucy's Wood".