Most anemones are sessile with a specialized foot used to anchor them in soft substrates or attach themselves to rocks and corals.
Different types of carpet anemones.
Mature height of the tall plant is about 3 feet.
Use caution when introducing anemones into a reef aquarium however as some species are quite mobile and may sting and damage live corals.
Tuberous mediterranean anemones bloom during the spring and summer while fall flowering anemones bloom in late summer to fall and have fibrous roots.
Grecian windflower this tuberous anemone displays a thick mat of fuzzy leaves.
Spring flowering tuberous mediterranean and fall flowering.
Some anemones with strong stings are the carpet anemones in the cryptodendrum genus previously stoichactis and the heteractis genus condy anemones in the condylactis genus tube anemones in the pachycerianthus genus.
The adhesive anemone is very unique in appearance but it does have a potent sting it may not do much harm to humans but it can be dangerous for certain tank inhabitants.
Spring flowering anemones are so called because they bloom in spring.
Grapeleaf anemone this anemone variety produces grape like foliage.
They have 120 species with three main types.
Silvery pink flowers decorate the plant in late summer and early autumn.
Grecian windflower is available in shades of sky blue pink white or reddish purple depending on the variety.
The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea.
Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter.