Pulsatilla nuttalliana

Pulsatilla nuttalliana, known as American pasqueflower, prairie pasqueflower, prairie crocus, cutleaf anemone, or simply pasqueflower, is a flowering plant native to much of North America, from the western side of Lake Michigan, to northern Canada in the Northwest Territories, south to New Mexico in the southwestern United States.[2][3][4][5][6]

Pulsatilla nuttalliana
In Manitoba, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Pulsatilla
Species:
P. nuttalliana
Binomial name
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
(DC.) Bercht. & J. Presl[1]
Synonyms[2]

Pasqueflower is the provincial flower of Manitoba[7] and the state flower of South Dakota.[8]

It was first formally named in 1817 as Anemone nuttalliana.[9] It is sometimes considered a subspecies or variety of Pulsatilla patens (Anemone patens).[4][5]

References
  1. Mosyakin, S.L. (2016). "Nomenclatural notes on North American taxa of Anemonastrum and Pulsatilla (Ranunculaceae), with comments on the circumscription of Anemone and related genera" (PDF). Phytoneuron (79): 1–12. ISSN 2153-733X.
  2. "Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, and contributors (2010+). "Pulsatilla nuttalliana Muhlenberg ex Willdenow". data.canadensys.net. Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 26 April 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. "Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  6. "Map: Anemone patens var. multifida". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. Government of Manitoba. "Symbols of Manitoba". Archived from the original on 2005-12-10. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
  8. Chapter 1 2005 South Dakota Legislative Manual The Mount Rushmore State
  9. "Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Spreng". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 26 April 2020.


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