Pasque Flower | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Ranunculales

Family:

Ranunculaceae (Buttercup)

Also in this family:

Adderstongue Spearwort, Alpine Meadow-rue, Balkan Anemone, Baneberry, Blue Anemone, Brackish Water Crowfoot, Bulbous Buttercup, Celery-leaved Buttercup, Chalk-stream Water Crowfoot, Columbine, Common Meadow-rue, Common Water Crowfoot, Corn Buttercup, Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Spearwort, Fan-leaved Water Crowfoot, Globeflower, Goldilocks Buttercup, Greater Spearwort, Green Hellebore, Hairy Buttercup, Hybrid Monkshood, Hybrid Spearwort, Hybrid Water Crowfoot, Ivy-leaved Crowfoot, Larkspur, Lesser Celandine, Lesser Meadow-rue, Lesser Spearwort, Love-in-a-Mist, Marsh Marigold, Meadow Buttercup, Monkshood, Mountain Clematis, Mousetail, New Forest Crowfoot, Pheasant's Eye, Pond Water Crowfoot, River Water Crowfoot, Rough-fruited Buttercup, Round-leaved Crowfoot, Small-flowered Buttercup, St. Martin's Buttercup, Stinking Hellebore, Thread-leaved Water Crowfoot, Three-lobed Crowfoot, Traveller's Joy, Virgin's Bower, Winter Aconite, Wolfsbane, Wood Anemone, Yellow Anemone

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

30 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Grassland.

Flower:

Purple, 6 petals

A spring-flowering species with striking, rich violet, bell-shaped flowers. The centre of the flower is yellow because of the many stamens with golden yellow anthers. The flowers are covered in many long, silky white hairs. Flowers measure from 5 to 9cm across. Pollinated by bees.

Fruit:

A greyish-brown achene (3mm long). Attached to the achene is a long hair, up to 5cm long. Seeds ripen in June and July.

Leaves:

A perennial plant with silky or feathery, greyish-green, 2-pinnate leaves. Can be found growing on short chalk and limestone turf.Pulsatilla vulgaris

Other Names:

April Fools, Badgers, Blue Money, Blue Tulip, Cat's Eyes, Common Pasqueflower, Coventry Bells, Dane's Blood, Dane's Flower, Dream Herb, Easter Flower, European Pasqueflower, Flaw Flower, Flower of the Wind, Gosling, Hart's Horn Plant, Headache Plant, Lion's Beard, Mayflower, Meadow Anemone, Passe Flower, Prairie Smoke, Rock Lily, Wind Flower.

Frequency (UK):

Rarely seen