Native Pasque Flower. Leaves are densely silky. The pasque flower is a low growing herbaceous perennial that stands about 8 to 12 inches tall and forms a clump that spreads over time.
A single flower 1 to 2 inches across at the top of a densely hairy stalk with 5 to 7 typically 6 blue violet to white petal like sepals and numerous yellow stamens surrounding a light green columnar center. Woodworth nd 2012 credit. You may also see this species called simply anemone patens pulsatilla patens or pulsatilla nuttalliana.
The sepals are pointed at the tip and lined with numerous parallel veins.
This native pasque flower anemone patens was just warming up after a cold frosty night at chase lake nwr wmd pp headquarters. Flowers are tulip like 1 to 2 inches long varying in color from nearly white to pinkish violet. Pulsatilla vulgaris is a purple flowered pasque flower that is native to europe great britain and france to the ukraine. ˇ ˆ ˆ.
