Anemonastrum canadense
Object Details
- Description
- This wildflower can tolerate full sun to part shade, and spreads easily by underground rhizome. Although one of its common names is windflower, it prefers a site with shelter from the wind, otherwise its long-stemmed flowers can bend and break.
- Hardiness
- -40 - 20 F
- Bloom Time
- April to June
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- The roots and leaves of this plant have been used by the Omaha and Ponca to destroy parasitic worms, treat back pain, and as an eye wash to treat crossed eyes, twitches, eye poisonings, and for other issues.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Subarctic America to W Central and E USA
- Habitat
- Edge of rivers, low moist meadows
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2022-0590A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Canada anemone
- Meadow anemone
- Windflower
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Ranunculanae
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Anemonastrum
- Species
- canadense
- Life Form
- Herbaceous perennial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Hairy stems are topped by white, five petaled flowers with showy, yellow stamens. Flowers are 2" (5 cm) across.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, deeply dissected leaves are arranged in a whorl.
- Plant Size
- 1-2' tall x 2-2.5' wide (30-60 x 60-76 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2022-0590A