Common Name: windflower

Anemone canadensis, commonly known as Canada anemone, meadow anemone or roundleaf anemone, is an herbaceous perennial of the buttercup family that produces an often spectacular bloom of apetalous, upward-facing, white flowers (to 2” diameter) which bloom in spring (April-June) atop erect hairy flowering stems (to 2’ tall) clad with broad, stalkless, deeply cut and sharply-toothed orbiculate leaves. Each flower features five showy petal-like white sepals and numerous contrasting yellow center stamens. Flower stems rise from a basal clump of deeply-dissected, long-stalked, 3-5 lobed basal leaves.