Yes, this sting was almost surely from a sea anemone. Sea anemones look like fleshy flowers and got their name from the European flower Anemone nemorosa, a poisonous, white-flowered plant that causes blisters. Closer to home is a similar plant, the Japanese anemone, Anemone hupehensis.
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