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Narcissus-flowered Anemone

Anemonastrum narcissiflorum

Also called Narcissus anemone, Narcissus Thimbleweed

Narcissus-flowered Anemone
Photo: Heinz Staudacher, CC BY-SA 4.0

Narcissus-flowered anemone is a hardy perennial with white, blue-tinted or yellow flowers that grows from a woody base in cool, moist mountain meadows and open woods. It needs cool conditions and consistently moist soil to do well.

Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist during the growing season, especially in spring.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained loam.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates cold winters, but heat and drought stress it.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Europe, Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Anemonastrum narcissiflorum, the narcissus anemone or narcissus-flowered anemone, is a herbaceous perennial in the genus Anemonastrum and the buttercup family. Basionym: Anemone narcissiflora Hook. & Arn.

Where it grows

Anemonastrum narcissiflorum is native to north western North America and Eurasia where it can be found growing in high mountain alpine grasslands, in thickets, grassy meadows with moist soils, tundra, open woods, along roadsides and in pastures.

Other Anemonastrum plants

Anemonastrum baicalense · Canadian anemone · Columbian windflower · Flaccid Anemone · Himalayan Thimbleweed · Richardson's Anemone · Anemonastrum villosissimum · Anemone

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anemonastrum narcissiflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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