Wood Anemone or Windflower |
Wood Anemone or Windflower |
Anemone quinquifolia |
Buttercup Family or Ranunculaceae |
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A delicate herb 6 to 10 inches tall bears a single, white, one inch wide flower,
generally with 5 petal-like sepals (no petals), many stamens and a central button
of numerous pistils. Leaves in a whorl of 3 with each leaf divided into 3 to
5 prominently toothed leaflets. Photographed at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden - early June |
