Different Types Of Carpet Anemones

Mature height of the tall plant is about 3 feet.

Different types of carpet anemones.

They have 120 species with three main types. 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. Grecian windflower is available in shades of sky blue pink white or reddish purple depending on the variety.

Most anemones are sessile with a specialized foot used to anchor them in soft substrates or attach themselves to rocks and corals. Use caution when introducing anemones into a reef aquarium however as some species are quite mobile and may sting and damage live corals. Those with very dangerous stings are the stinging sea anemones belonging to the family actinodendronidae. Silvery pink flowers decorate the plant in late summer and early autumn.

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. 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. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. Spring flowering tuberous mediterranean and fall flowering.

Spring flowering anemones are so called because they bloom in spring. Adhesive anemone cryptodendrum adhaesivum this type of anemone is sometimes sold as the pizza anemone because it has rounded ridged edges that resemble a pizza crust.