Variety of Anemone Flowers | Identification | Significance

Symbolism

Anemone comes from anemos, the Greek word for wind, thus giving Anemone the name windflower.

The beautiful Anemone flower symbolizes Protection against evil and ill wishes. The approach of a rainstorm when the petals close up. Forsaken or forgotten love and affection.

The most significant anemone flower meaning is anticipation

Facts About Anemones

The name Anemone comes from Greek and roughly means wind flower, which signifies that the wind that blows the petal open will also, eventually, blow the dead petals away.

The Anemone plants are perennial herbs with an underground rootstock, and radical, more or less deeply cut leaves.

The elongated flower stem bears one or several, white, red, blue or rarely yellow flowers. There is an involucre of three leaflets below each flower.

The fruits often bear long hairy styles, which aid their distribution by the wind. They produce cup-shaped yellowish, white, purple, violet, or red Anemone flowers.

Among the most popular are the autumn-flowering Japanese Anemone (Anemone hupehensis).

Yellow wood anemone (Anemone ranunculoides), also known as the Buttercup Anemone, is a similar plant with slightly smaller flowers of rich yellow colouring.

In medicine, Anemone is used as a treatment for cramps, menstrual problems and emotional distress.