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Thimble-Weed

Anemone Virginia. Crowfoot Family.

Stem.--Two or three feet high. Leaves.--Twice or thrice cleft, the divisions again toothed or cleft. Flowers.--Greenish or sometimes white; borne on long, upright flower-stalks. Calyx.--Of five sepals. Corolla.--None. Stamens and Pistils.--Indefinite in number.

These greenish flowers, which may be found in the woods and meadows throughout the summer, are chiefly striking by reason of their long, erect flower-stalks. The oblong, thimble-like fruithead, which is very noticeable in the later year, gives to the plant its common name.