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Anemone deltoidea is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names Columbian windflower and western white anemone. It is native to the forests of the west coast of the United States. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing between 10 and 30 centimeters tall. There is usually a single basal leaf which is divided into three large toothed leaflets, each up to 6 centimeters long. There may be more leaves along the mostly naked stem which are similar in appearance to the leaflets on the basal leaf. The flower cluster has three leaflike leafs and a single flower. The flower has no petals but five petal-like white sepals each one to two centimeters long. There are up to 120 whiskery stamens and many pistils. The fruit is a cluster of spherical achenes.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

4 - 12 in Tall

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Color

White

Flowering season

Spring, Summer

Special uses

Lawn alternative

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Ease of care

Moderate

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18

Site type

Open places

Plant communities

Mixed Evergreen Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 11 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Adela septentrionella

Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee

Bombus mixtus

Silver-spotted Skipper

Epargyreus clarus

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris