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Anemonella thalictroides April 2017 Know What You Grow

Anemonella thalictroidesAnemonella thalictroides

Cool days of April bring the onset of spring ephemerals in our local woodlands.  Look for tiny white stars emerging from the leaf litter and you have probably come across Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides).  It’s pure white flowers with protruding yellow stamens reminds us winter’s end and the coming of summer.

BOTANICAL NAME  Anemonella thalictroides

COMMON NAME  Rue Anemone

DESCRIPTION Native Minnesota woodland wildflower grows up to 9″ high and features white flowers with 5-10 petal-like sepals and numerous greenish-yellow stamens.  Flowers appear in loose clusters above whorls of three-lobed leaves, but each flower has its own stem.  A long-blooming spring flower with a delicate, dainty appearance.

FAMILY  Ranunculaceae

HEIGHT  12 inches

WIDTH   12 inches

HABIT Upright

ZONES  4 to 8

EXPOSURE Part Shade

FLOWER COLOR  White

BLOOM SEASON  Spring

COMPANION PLANTS Asarum, Aquilegia, Dicentra

GROWING AND MAINTENANCE TIPS  Plant in average to soils that are well drained.  Will not tolerate wet soils.  Plant will go dormant in the summer.

NOTES  Typically grows in the wild on wooded slopes and ridges.  Anemonella in Greek means small windflower in reference to the fact that this flower resembles a small anemone.