Montane, subalpine. Woodlands, meadows. Summer.
Ryman Creek Trail, June 16, 2005.

In late spring or early summer Anemone multifida's finely cut, light green leaves are eye-catching.  Then one notices the hairy, half inch, pink-to-maroon flowers, often streaked with white.  Last year's dried leaves and stalks can be seen at the bottom of the photo, so you know that once you have found this delicate beauty, you can return to the same location and enjoy it again next year.

Weber points out that the word "Anemone" is a "corruption of 'Na'man', [the] Semitic name for Adonis, from whose blood the crimson-flowered Anemone of the Middle East was said to have sprung."  Weber goes on to say that the flower name, Anemone, "probably has nothing to do with [the] Greek [word], anemos, [which means] wind."

Montane, subalpine. Woodlands, meadows. Summer.
Ryman Creek Trail, June 16, 2005.