Ranunculaceae
European pasqueflower
Pulsatilla vulgaris
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Pulsatilla
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- شادوك, بومولو, بوميلو, زهرة الفصح, زهرة المشتري, شقار الفصح, هواية
- arz
- بولساتيلا فولجاريس
- Azerbaijani
- Adi güləbətin, Yuxu güləbətini
- ba
- Йоҡо үләне
- Bulgarian
- Обикновено котенце
- Catalan
- Flor de pasqua, Anemona nemorosa, Anemona pulsatilla
- Chinese
- 欧白头翁
- csb
- Zwëczajnô grużdżelnica
- Czech
- Koniklec německý
- Danish
- Opret Kobjælde
- dsb
- Lěkarska bimbawka
- Dutch
- Wildemanskruid
- English
- European pasqueflower, Pasqueflower, Pasque flower
- Esperanto
- Ordinara pulsatilo
- Finnish
- Ketokylmänkukka, Lännenkylmänkukka, Tarhakylmänkukka
- French
- Anémone pulsatille, Pulsatille commune
- German
- Gewöhnliche Kuhschelle, Gewöhnliche Küchenschelle, Innsbrucker Küchenschelle
- hsb
- Lěkarska bimbawka
- Hungarian
- Nyugati kökörcsin, Európai kökörcsin
- Japanese
- オキナグサ属
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji šilagėlė
- Luxembourgish
- Däiwelsbaart, Hunneblumm, Kouschell
- Macedonian
- Обично дремниче, Обичен дремидедо
- Mongolian
- Яргуй цэцэг
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Stor kubjølle
- Polish
- Sasanka zwyczajna
- Russian
- Прострел обыкновенный
- Slovak
- Poniklec obyčajný
- Swedish
- Backsippa, Backtulpan
- Vietnamese
- Bạch đầu ông
- Welsh
- Blodyn y Pasg
Synonyms
- Anemone acutipetala Schleich.
- Anemone bogenhardiana Pritz.
- Anemone collina Salisb.
- Anemone grandis (Wender.) A.Kern.
- Anemone intermedia Schult.
- Anemone linnaeana Rouy & Foucaud
- Anemone pisciensis Sism.
- Anemone pratensis Sibth.
- Anemone pulsatilla L.
- Anemone pulsatilla f. henryi (Christ) U.Tosco
- Anemone pulsatilla subsp. gotlandica (Johanss.) Lindell
- Anemone punica Sism.
- Anemone sylvestris Vill.
- Anemone tenuifolia Schleich.
- Pulsatilla amoena Jord.
- Pulsatilla aperta Schur
- Pulsatilla bogenhardiana Rchb.
- Pulsatilla media Bogenh.
- Pulsatilla oenipontana Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Pulsatilla propera Jord.
- Pulsatilla transsilvanica Schur
- Pulsatilla ucrainica (Ugrinsky) Wissjul.
- Pulsatilla vulgaris subsp. grandis (Wender.) Zämelis
- Pulsatilla vulgaris var. gotlandica Johans.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 2,118 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Terry Instone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marianne Hoffmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Pulsatilla
- Alpine anemonePulsatilla alpinaRanunculaceae
- Arctic violetPulsatilla vernalisRanunculaceae
- Eastern pasqueflowerPulsatilla patensRanunculaceae
- Small pasque flowerPulsatilla pratensisRanunculaceae
- Japanese anemonePulsatilla halleriRanunculaceae
- Pulsatilla chinensisRanunculaceae
- Greater pasque flowerPulsatilla grandisRanunculaceae
- Pulsatilla montanaRanunculaceae
- Pulsatilla rubraRanunculaceae
- Narrow-leaf pasque-flowerPulsatilla cernuaRanunculaceae
- White pasqueflowerPulsatilla occidentalisRanunculaceae
- Pulsatilla albanaRanunculaceae
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.