Pulsatilla patens

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Pulsatilla patens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Pulsatilla
Species:
P. patens
Binomial name
Pulsatilla patens
Synonyms [1]
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    • Anemone bauhiniTausch
    • Anemone longipetalaSchleich. ex Steud.
    • Anemone nuttalliiNutt.
    • Anemone patensL.
    • Anemone patens var. pinnatifoliaWilensky
    • Anemone patens var. roseaCockerell
    • Pulsatilla bauhiniTausch ex Pritz.
    • Pulsatilla kioviensis Wissjul.Pulsatilla patens f. albiflora
    • X.F.Zhao ex Y.Z.ZhaoPulsatilla patens var. kioviensis
    • (Wissjul.) TzvelevPulsatilla pseudopatens
    • SchurPulsatilla uralensis
    • (Zämelis) Tzvelev

Pulsatilla patens is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and China. [1] Common names include Eastern pasqueflower and cutleaf anemone. [2]

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Taxonomy

It was first formally named in 1753 as Anemone patens [3] and is sometimes still considered part of that genus. [4] The species Pulsatilla nuttalliana , the pasqueflower native to much of North America, [5] is sometimes considered a subspecies or variety of Pulsatilla patens. [2] [6]

Two subspecies are accepted: [1]

Cultural associations

Pulsatilla patens is the regional flower of the region of Tavastia Proper in Finland. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida USDA PLANTS database
  3. "Anemone patens L." ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. "Anemone patens". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  5. "Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  7. Leinonen, Matti, Nyberg, Teuvo & Veistola, Simo: Koulun biologia: Metsät ja suot. Otava, 2007, p. 157.