Cananda Anemone

The Canada Anemone is on the Endangered list in Connecticut, though they are still quite common in the Midwest. The Ojibwa Indians called it the "Echo Root", though I didn't see why they called it that. It is an Anemone and so it is also called a "Wind Flower"  and the explanation for that name is that its delicate stem causes it to sway quite a bit in the wind, as one writer put it, " they tremble in the slightest breeze ". It is an aggressive plant and can take over where other plant life would normally grow.

Where I found it : a friend invited me up to see a patch growing by her studio