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the bloom named for a breeze it refuses to wait for, opening anyway.
means A common name for the anemone, a delicate spring or woodland flower whose petals seem to scatter and tremble at the slightest wind.
from A direct translation of the flower's botanical name, anemone, from the Greek 'anemos,' meaning wind — possibly because the blooms were thought to open only when the wind blew, or because they grew in windswept places. English simply rendered the idea plainly: wind plus flower.
- name origin
- Greek anemone means daughter of the wind
- myth
- sprang from Aphrodite's tears over dying Adonis
- timing
- blooms early, before most pollinators wake
- toxic
- all parts irritate skin and gut if eaten
- closes up
- petals shut against rain and night
for instance
windflower anemone nemorosa — european woodland anemone, blooms spring across temperate forests