Cut-leaved anemone: downy white seed heads

By mid-summer, Cut-leaved Anemones in the Cypress Hill have gone to seed, leaving intriguing puffy globes along most roadsides and throughout the dry, high pastures that top the hills.

My best photos of the downy white seed heads of the Cut-leaved Anemones were taken at sunrise and sunset. Pale early light back-lit the seeds, while the golden light at end of day made them glow.

Cut-leaved Anemone seed heads
at sunrise in the Cypress Hills  © SB

Cut-leaved Anemone seeds blowing free
at sunset in the Cypress Hills  © SB  

Prairie Wildflower: Cut-leaved Anemone (Windflower; Anemone multifida)  

Locations: Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada).  

Photo Dates: #1, August 1, 2012; #2, July 30, 2012.  

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