Pasque flower - Anemone patens
Above: Pasque flower on Pasque Flower Hill near East Raymond Road Park in Madison, Wisconsin (4/16/21).
Pasque flower - Anemone patens (Spring Ephemeral)
The Pasque flower is a native plant that grows between 4"- 6" tall. The Pasque flower like dry to moderate mosture like closely grazed hillsides, prairies, cliffs.
The flowers are 5-7 parted, blue to white, petal-like sepals that bloom solitary, long, hairy stalks. The flower has numerous yellow stamens surrounding a light green columnar center.
The Pasque flower blooms March - May.
Other names: American pasqueflower, Pasqueflower, Prairie Smoke.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin Horticulture Division of Extension website page about Pasque flower.
Or, for information on Pasque Flower (Anemone patens) visit the Wisconsin State Herbarium.
Pasque flower
Anemone patens
Above: Pasque flower on Pasque Flower Hill near East Raymond Road Park in Madison, Wisconsin (4/16/21).
Above: Pasque flower on Pasque Flower Hill near East Raymond Road Park in Madison, Wisconsin (4/16/21).
Above: Pasque flower on Pasque Flower Hill near East Raymond Road Park in Madison, Wisconsin (4/20/21).
Above: Pasque flower specimen collected on May 7, 1992 at Platte Mounds near Platteville, Wisconsin.
Above: Pasque flower specimen collected on October 15, 1941 at Platte Mounds near Platteville, Wisconsin.
Above: Video from England's Natural History Museum about the Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris).
Above: 1793 Pasque flower (Pulsatilla patens) botanical illustration.
Above: 1920 Pasque flower (Pulsatilla patens) botanical illustration.
Above: 1878 Pasque flower botanical illustration.
Above: 1913 Pasque flower botanical illustration.
