I think you are slightly off with the name :-) It is Anemonopsis macrophylla or false anemone. Related to but not the same as anemones.

Not all that common a plant.

Thanks 'gg'....correction made.

And my reading (never tried to grow) indicates it's a plant that would prefer cool moist summers...not gonna happen here.

Our summers are definitely not cool but for sure not as warm as Arkansas!

I purchased this at Lost Horizons a number of years ago. I grew it in a shady, fairly moist spot. It was lovely and survived both our summers and winters in my former garden. I don't remember it being as tall as your friend's specimen. Hers is obviously happy!

And as one might expect my friend got hers at LH also :).

(Good luck finding this plant anywhere else in....Ontario?)

Pretty! My first thought was Fuchsia...very similar, bloom wise.

It is pretty and the unusual height of the flowers above the foliage, if that is typical, is kind of unique.