- Pulsatilla vulgaris
Taxobox
name = "Pulsatilla vulgaris"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ranunculales
familia =Ranunculaceae
genus = "Pulsatilla "
species = "P. vulgaris"
binomial = "Pulsatilla vulgaris"
binomial_authority = L."Pulsatilla vulgaris" (Pasque Flower, Common Pasque flower, Dane's Blood) belongs to the Buttercup family (
Ranunculaceae ), native to western, central and southernEurope .It grows to 15-30 cm high and when it is fruit-bearing up to 40 cm. The roots go deep into the soil (to 1 m). The finely-dissected leaves are arranged in a rosette and appear with the bell-shaped flower in early spring.
It grows in sparely wooded pine forests or meadows, often on a sunny sloping side with calcium rich soil. It is also the county flower of the English counties of
Cambridgeshire andHertfordshire .ee also
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Pasque flower is the name of other species of genus "Pulsatilla" as well
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