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Ranunculaceae

Eastern pasqueflower

Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill.

Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Pulsatilla

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Eastern pasqueflower: Pulsatilla patens in natural monument Krásná Lípa near Křimov, Chomutov District, Czech Republic
Photo: Funkervogt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (21)
Belarusian
Прастрэл шыракалісты, Сон раскрыты, Сон шыракалісты, Сон-трава
Chinese
肾叶白头翁, 白头翁茎叶
crh
Qardelen
Czech
Koniklec otevřený
dsb
Gólańska bimbawka
English
Eastern pasqueflower, Eastern pasque flower
Estonian
Palu-karukell
Finnish
Hämeenkylmänkukka, Hämeenkylmäkukka, Hämeenvuokko
French
Anémone de prairie
German
Finger-Kuhschelle, Finger-Küchenschelle, Stern-Kuhschelle
hsb
Holanska bimbawka
Hungarian
Tátogó kökörcsin
Kazakh
Ашық құндызшөп
Latvian
Meža silpurene
Lithuanian
Vėjalandė šilagėlė
Polish
Sasanka otwarta, Sasanka dzwonkowata
Russian
Прострел раскрытый, Сон-трава
sah
Ньургуһун сибэкки
Slovak
Poniklec otvorený
Swedish
Nipsippa
Ukrainian
Сон широколистий, Сон розкритий, Сон-трава

Synonyms

  • Anemone bauhini Tausch
  • Anemone intermedia G.Don
  • Anemone longipetala Schleich. ex Steud.
  • Anemone ludoviciana Nutt.
  • Anemone nuttallii Nutt.
  • Anemone patens L.
  • Anemone patens f. stevensonis B.Boivin
  • Anemone patens var. pinnatifolia Wilensky
  • Anemone patens var. rosea Cockerell
  • Anemone patens var. wolfgangiana (Besser) Koch
  • Anemone pulsatilla var. patens (L.) Finet & Gagnep.
  • Pulsatilla bauhini Tausch ex Pritz.
  • Pulsatilla kioviensis Wissjul.
  • Pulsatilla patens f. albiflora X.F.Zhao ex Y.Z.Zhao
  • Pulsatilla patens var. kioviensis (Wissjul.) Tzvelev
  • Pulsatilla pseudopatens Schur
  • Pulsatilla teklae Zämelis
  • Pulsatilla uralensis (Zämelis) Tzvelev

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.