Anemone cylindrica (Thimbleweed) Size:0.01 lbs Seed Its ginger-like smell can be

Its ginger-like smell can be delightful when crushed

Photo 1: By Bruce Marlin [CC BY 3

spreading further and further each year in very tough conditions

Height 60'-75'

but it can be a bit finicky to grow in moister and heavy clay soils

Anemone cylindrica (Thimbleweed) Size:0.01 lbs Seed Its ginger-like smell can beThis native flower is a very unique bird indeed! Anemone cylindrica (Thimbleweed) has bonsai like tufts of leaves out of which spires shoot, topped with a white dancing flower. The "thimble" seed heads (with a very active imagination) turn into cotton ball poofs of seed mid summer. Have the kids blow these around your yard instead of those yellow lawn plants, you know what I'm talking about. This plant is usually found in drier prairie and savanna