Plant Name: Anemone multifida
Common name: Pacific Anemone, Red Windflower
Plant type: Perennial
Height: 1’ – 3’
Spread: 12” – 18”
Bloom Time: May – August
Flower Color: Yellowish-White Within; Greenish or Purplish Outside; May Bear Red Sepals; Pinkish Seed head Follows.
Exposure: Sun to Shade
Soil Requirements: Moist; Sandy/Loamy Soil; Fast Draining
Water Needs: Medium
Attributes: Seed pods are curious & fully ripened are a mass of fluff; Deer Resistant
Note: Because the species is so variable & local, it is especially important to choose material from nearby sources & habitats that match your site; Poisonous Plant Parts.
Uses: Woodland Garden; Rock Garden, Native Garden,
Native to: Northwestern & Northeastern North America
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 – 9
Report by: Viki Ashford, AGC Member and Master Gardener
Photo by: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons