page_title: Pulsatilla
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Pulsatilla / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Pulsatilla vulgaris
context_page_description: The genus Pulsatilla contains about 40 species of herbaceous perennials native to meadows and prairies of North America, Europe, and Asia. Derived from the Hebrew word for Passover, "pasakh", the common name pasque flower, refers to the Easter flowering period, in the spring. Common names include pasque flower, wind flower, prairie crocus, Easter flower, and meadow anemone. Several species are valued ornamentals because of their finely-dissected leaves, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads. The showy part of the flower consists of sepals, not petals.
context_section_description: As of April 2020, Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 42 species in the genus Pulsatilla:
  Pulsatilla ajanensis Regel & Tiling
  Pulsatilla albana (Steven) Bercht. & J.Presl
  Pulsatilla alpina (L.) Delarbre
  Pulsatilla ambigua (Turcz. ex Hayek) Zämelis & Paegle
  Pulsatilla aurea (Sommier & Levier) Juz.
  Pulsatilla bungeana C.A.Mey.
  Pulsatilla campanella (Regel & Tiling) Fisch. ex Krylov
  Pulsatilla cernua (Thunb.) Bercht. & J.Presl
  Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel
  Pulsatilla dahurica (Fisch. ex DC.) Spreng.
  Pulsatilla georgica Rupr.
  Pulsatilla grandis Wender.
  Pulsatilla halleri (All.) Willd.
  Pulsatilla herba-somnii Stepanov
  Pulsatilla integrifolia (Miyabe & Tatew.) Tatew. & Ohwi ex Vorosch.
  Pulsatilla kostyczewii (Korsh.) Juz.
  Pulsatilla magadanensis A.P.Khokhr. & Vorosch.
  Pulsatilla millefolia (Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson) Ulbr.
  Pulsatilla montana (Hoppe) Rchb.
  Pulsatilla multiceps Greene
  Pulsatilla nipponica (H.Takeda) Ohwi
  Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Spreng.
  Pulsatilla occidentalis (S.Watson) Freyn
  Pulsatilla orientali-sibirica Stepanov
  Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill.
  Pulsatilla pratensis (L.) Mill.
  Pulsatilla reverdattoi Polozhij & A.T.Malzeva
  Pulsatilla rubra (Lam.) Delarbre
  Pulsatilla sachalinensis H.Hara
  Pulsatilla scherfelii (Ullep.) Skalický
  Pulsatilla sukaczewii Juz.
  Pulsatilla taraoi (Makino) Zämelis & Paegle
  Pulsatilla tatewakii Kudô
  Pulsatilla tenuiloba (Turcz.) Juz.
  Pulsatilla tongkangensis Y.N.Lee & T.C.Lee
  Pulsatilla turczaninovii Krylov & Serg.
  Pulsatilla usensis Stepanov
  Pulsatilla vernalis (L.) Mill.
  Pulsatilla violacea Rupr.
  Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill.
  Pulsatilla wallichiana (Royle) Ulbr.
  Pulsatilla zimmermannii Soó
  Plants of the World Online lists ten named hybrids:
  Pulsatilla × bolzanensis Murr
  Pulsatilla × celakovskyana Domin
  Pulsatilla × emiliana (F.O.Wolf) Beauverd
  Pulsatilla × gayeri Simonk.
  Pulsatilla × girodii (Rouy) P.Fourn.
  Pulsatilla × hackelii Pohl
  Pulsatilla × knappii (Palez.) Palez.
  Pulsatilla × weberi (Widder) Janch. ex Holub
  Pulsatilla × wilczekii (F.O.Wolf ex Hegi) P.Fourn.
  Pulsatilla × yanbianensis H.Z.Lv
caption: Pulsatilla vulgaris fruit
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