Saturday: not a sweetbriar

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[OT from cottage renovations]

there are several gardens in the Grove that never fail to delight the passerby.  when I set off for a walk my path is seldom directed but it has a way of crossing these locations more often than others. 

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Maple Avenue

 flora incognita  Anemone hupehensis

liking what I see is one thing; knowing what it is is another.  I generally try to look up the Latin binomial of any species before posting its image in this space but sometimes my botanical ignorance gets the best of me.  it can, however, be trumped by my own impatience on occasion. 

when that happens I do try to come back later with a correction so if you can bear with me for a while I'm hoping to get it right at some point. 

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[edit: as Bobbie points out it is indeed a fall blooming Anemone: Japanese thimbleweed]

Comments

flora incognita

[(Anonymous)]

Your mystery flower is a Fall Anemone... strong and graceful and more delicate looking than most blooms of this season. I don't have its Latin name at hand either, but "lovely" sort of covers it.
Bobbie

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you are so right. 
it turns out to be Japanese thimbleweed (http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANHUJ), Anemone hupehensis.