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 edit
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]
List
    • Anemone nuttalliana DC.
    • Anemone patens var. nuttalliana (DC.) A.Gray
    • Pulsatilla hirsutissima var. rosea Daniels
    • Pulsatilla ludoviciana f. glabrata A.E.Porsild
    • Pulsatilla patens subsp. nuttalliana (DC.) ined.

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

In the Dakota language it is called "hokski-chekpa wahcha" (twin flower). In Lakota it is "hoksi' cekpa" (child's navel) as a reference to the similar appearance of the flower's bud to a new born's navel when healing. In their own language people of the Blackfeet Nation call it "Napi" (old man) for the gray silky heads.[9]

It was first formally named in 1817 as Anemone nuttalliana.[10] It is considered a subspecies or variety of Pulsatilla patens by World Flora Online (WFO)[11] and as Anemone patens var. multifida by Flora of North America (FNA).[4][5][12]

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. POWO (2023). "Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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. Kindscher, Kelly (1992). Medicinal wild plants of the prairie : an ethnobotanical guide. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 37. ISBN 0700605274.
  10. "Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Spreng". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. WFO (2023). "Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida (Pritz.) Zämelis". World Flora Online. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. Dutton, Bryan E.; Keener, Carl S.; Ford, Bruce A. "Anemone patens var. multifida Pritzel - FNA". Flora of North America. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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