#early wildflowers

• Eastern pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla patens, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, widely distributed across the cold and temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. It is famous as an early prairie or steppe wildflower, developing densely pubescent stems and large, erect, chalice-shaped flowers colored in shades from pale blue-violet to purple, often opening before the leaves fully emerge.
• Spring pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla vernalis, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to mountainous and arctic regions of Europe (Alps, Pyrenees, Scandinavia). Commonly known as the spring pasqueflower, this early alpine species is remarkable for its winter-persistent basal leaves and its solitary, cup-shaped flowers covered on the outside with silky, golden-violet hairs that protect the immaculate white petals within.