Tall Thimbleweed

Latin Name: Anemone virginica

Type: Forb/Flower

Light: Sun / Part Sun / Shade

Moisture: Dry / Dry-Mesic / Mesic

Soil: Loam

Size: 1-2.5 feet

Color: White

Bloom Time: June / July / August

Description: This slight savanna plant prefers partial sun and moist to medium conditions, although it will tolerate full sun. Distinguished from A. cylindrica by having a shorter, more prickly head that is greater than 1/3 inch across. The leaves are also more sharply cleft with sharper serration along the leaf margins.