False Rue Anemone and Windlflower
False Rue Anemone Isopyrum or Enemion biternatum These darling little flowers are slowly spreading in the shade bed. The first time I noticed them there were only three or four roots and one flower. Today, there are several dozen tiny plants of False Rue Anemone, Enemion biternatum. Every year when they come up I search for their name again since no matter what marker I put into that slope is washed away every winter by rain and melting snow. It is easy to research though. Google Images responds cooperatively every year to my search for "tiny, woodland flowers with red stems". False Rue Anemone leaf lobes False Rue Anemone is easily confused with Windflower, Thalictrum thalictroides. Well, it is for my eyes and lack of experience trekking the woods. Here is the clincher - the depth of the leaf lobes. Notice that they are deeply lobed. Then, click over to Native and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia. You will see the difference immediately. Win...