Pulsatilla patens

For the pasqueflower native to much of North America, see Pulsatilla nuttalliana.

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]

Pulsatilla patens
In Poland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Pulsatilla
Species:	P. patens
Binomial name
Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill.
Synonyms[1]
List Anemone bauhini Tausch Anemone longipetala Schleich. ex Steud. Anemone nuttallii Nutt. Anemone patens L. Anemone patens var. pinnatifolia Wilensky Anemone patens var. rosea Cockerell Pulsatilla bauhini Tausch ex Pritz. Pulsatilla kioviensis Wissjul. Pulsatilla patens f. albiflora X.F.Zhao ex Y.Z.Zhao Pulsatilla patens var. kioviensis (Wissjul.) Tzvelev Pulsatilla pseudopatens Schur Pulsatilla uralensis (Zämelis) Tzvelev

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]

• Pulsatilla patens subsp. patens
• Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida (Pritz.) Zämelis

Cultural associations

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

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  In Buryatia, Russia
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  In Ukraine

References

1. "Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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.