Help identifying flower?

It is Anemone coronaria also called Poppy Anemone, De Caen Anemone - flower

click the link for an image = the image is of an older flower so the central part of stamens and the pistil is darker =

http://www.beautifulbotany.com/STOCK%20A-B/Anemone...

http://www.beautifulbotany.com/Stock%20A-B.htm

Anemone (A-ne-mó-ne, from the Greek = wind), is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones.

The Anemone coronaria ("Kalanit" in Hebrew) is one of the most well known and beloved flowers in Israel. During the British Mandate of Palestine British soldiers were nicknamed "Kalaniyot" for their red berrets.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Ranunculales

Family: Ranunculaceae

Genus: Anemone

Species: A. coronaria

Binomial name

Anemone coronaria

This particular variety is =Anemone - Coronaria var.Sylphide

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1095/885722640_824c...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/louisejoly/885722640/

From = A Botanist

I could desire to disagree with the guy who stated that it particularly is a hydrangea - hydrangeas have plenty extra effective leaves, and are in many situations the two purple or blue, reckoning on the soil wherein they're planted; i've got coated a link to a solid photograph of hydrangeas below. That being stated, i don't be conscious of what it particularly is - in spite of the undeniable fact that it seems healthful, so i might say only keep doing in spite of the fact which you're already doing!

The finely divided leaves appear to clasp the stem in opposite pairs. This makes me think of the genus of cosmos flowers but most that I know have triangular petals not such rounded ones.

http://www.imagekind.com/Showartwork.aspx?IMID=ed2...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pink_fluffy/100845386...

http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Cosmos_Genus.asp

http://images.google.com/images?q=cosmos+atrosangu...

Another genus of plants with clasping leaves is Papaver poppies. Many of the Papaver have divided leaves with the appearance of the ones in your picture. Poppy flowers have a pod in the middle.

http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en

From the number of stamens and the degree to which the leaf is dissected, I'd say you have an anemone (windflower). The colors, number of petals, and dissection of the leaf can vary between individuals, as seen in these photos:

http://www.robsplants.com/plants/AnemoMulti.php

http://www.morinurseries.com/Perennials/Anemone/

http://www.arrowhead-alpines.com/white1_gallery/im...

http://forum.garten-pur.de/attachments/05180015_eA...

from the top it could be a purple coneflower. i would have to see a pic from the side to say for sure. or some kind of daisy.