Thimbleweed
Anemone cylindrica
Thimbleweed is a prairie anemone with greenish-white flowers that mature into cylindrical, thimble-like seed heads bursting into woolly cotton. Drought-hardy and deer-resistant.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VT, WI, WY
Related native plants
More Anemone species
- Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
- Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
- Tall Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
- Desert Anemone (Anemone tuberosa)
- Pacific Anemone (Anemone multifida)