A rich legendary history has gained the anemone many names and attributes. The name windflower is accounted for in several ways, one of which is Pliny's statement that anemone blossoms are opened by the wind.
Anemones contain an acrid compound called anemonin.
It is poisonous but was formerly used medicinally. The pasqueflower is sometimes included in Anemone. Anemones are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Ranunculales, family Ranunculaceae. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation .