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    Anemone rupicola grows at fairly high altitudes from Afghanistan through the Himalaya region into SW China.  The plant's fibrous root system spreads underground to form a colony which helps it hold its own in its native rocky meadows.  Its leaves are three-lobed with sharply toothed segments.  The basal leaves have stems but leaves below the flowers are essentially stemless.  The showy, 2-3 inch wide flowers have five sepals that are flushed pink or violet on their reverse sides.
  
    June to August.  6 in.  x Spreading
    
   White flowers  
     
    Sun, Part Shade     Zones 6, 7, 8 |