Alpine gardeners find many favorites including aplennina and narcissiflora . The anemone has long been a favorite in gardens going back into antiquity. Long enough for the origin of it's name to be lost in time. While some are handy with a sword ending a life, others can't end a sentence. However they acquired the name, windflowers are responsive to not only wind, but also other weather related factors in their environment.
Many species have relatively long and slender stems with large flowers.
The slightest breeze can cause the flower to move. Petals on some species remain closed if rain is eminent, or open late on a heavily clouded day. Some species dispense their seeds to the wind on cottony puffs similar to dandelions. There are some 120 species of windflowers. Fortunately for U.S. gardeners, the majority of those species are native to cooler regions of the world.