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(Pulsatilla patens or Anemone patens) In the spring, the Pasque Flower is densely covered with white silky hairs that look like an old mans beard. The plant has a short stem with flowers that are cup shaped and 2 to 2 1/2 inches in size. The flowers have 5 to 8 pointed lavender sepals that resemble petals. Underneath the sepals it is very silky. As the plant matures the stem elongates to about 14". The flower grows heavy and droops downward. There is a very noticeable circle of bracts around the stem below the flower. When the very narrowly divided basal leaves first appear, they are purplish in color.The Pasque Flower is just as beautiful in seed, as it is in bloom. It looks like it has been given an electrical shock and is having a very bad hair day. It also reminds me of what a Dandelion looks like when it goes to seed.
Created by Kailey Copyright 1999 Photos by Dorothy Scott, used with permission, edited by Melissa and Kailey |
Pasque Flower