What's another popular name for the wood anemone?
Anemone ("i.e." daughter). The "Metamorphoses" of Ovid tells that the plant was created by the goddess Venus when she sprinkled nectar on the blood of her dead lover Adonis. The name "windflower" is used for the whole genus as well as the wood anemone "A. nemorosa". "Anemone" species are sometimes targeted by cutworms, the larvae of noctuid moths such as Angle Shades and Heart and Dart. Many of the species are favorite garden plants, providing colour throughout the season from early Spring into Autumn. Numerous cultivars have been selected. In horticultural terms there are three main groups: Of the late spring
USS Anemone (1864) Philadelphia community of the same name on 1 December 1865, the tug served American shipping until 1896. USS Anemone (1864) The first USS "Anemone" was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. "Anemone"—a screw tug built in 1864 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—was purchased by the US Navy from S. & J. M. Flannagan on 13 August 1864 at Philadelphia prior to her documentation as a merchantman; named "Anemone"; fitted out by the Philadelphia Navy Yard for