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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Cut-leaved Anemone: Small crimson wildflowers

Cut-leaved Anemone. Copyright © Shelley Banks. All Rights Reserved.
Bright crimson flower of the Cut-leaved Anemone © SB
A few years ago, I found a few Cut-leaved Anemone plants growing in a stretch of wildflowers along a railway track through a small Saskatchewan town.

Every time I've visited there in summer since, I've walked that route to see what's in flower, and in early July, have always been happy to find more small, crimson Cut-leaved Anemone flowers.

The tiny flowers are a vibrant contrast to the downy white Cut-leaved Anemone seed heads, which I first photographed in the glowing light of sunrise and sunset, several years ago in the Cypress Hills.

And, like many wildflowers, these are small.

Not showy flowers that call your attention, but ones that whisper to you to slow down, to watch for what else you might be missing if you continue rushing by.


Cut-leaved Anemone. Copyright © Shelley Banks. All Rights Reserved.
Seedheads and paler pink Cut-leaved Anemone flowers.  © SB
Cut-leaved Anemone. Copyright © Shelley Banks. All Rights Reserved.
Cut-leaved Anemone flower, also showing the leaves  © SB
Cut-leaved Anemone. Copyright © Shelley Banks. All Rights Reserved.
Seed head and seeds, Cut-leaved Anemone  © SB

Prairie Wildflower: Cut-leaved Anemone
Location: Near Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
Photo Date: Top two: July 6, 2014; bottom two: July 6, 2015.
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