Pulsatilla vulgaris
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Pulsatilla vulgaris (Pasque Flower, Common Pasque flower, Dane's Blood) belongs to the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to western, central and southern Europe.
It grows to 15-30 cm high and when it is fruit-bearing up to 40 cm. The roots go deep into the soil (to 1 m). The finely-dissected leaves are arranged in a rosette and appear with the bell-shaped flower in early spring.
It grows in sparely wooded pine forests or meadows, often on a sunny sloping side with calcium rich soil. It is also the county flower of the English counties of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
See also
- Pasque flower is the name of other species of genus Pulsatilla as well
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