Pulsatilla patens

Pulsatilla patens
	In Poland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Pulsatilla
Species:	P. patens
Binomial name
	Pulsatilla patens; (L.) Mill.
Synonyms
	List Anemone bauhini Tausch ; Anemone longipetala Schleich. ex Steud. ; Anemone nuttallii Nutt. ; Anemone patens L. ; Anemone patens var. pinnatifolia Wilensky ; Anemone patens var. rosea Cockerell ; Pulsatilla bauhini Tausch ex Pritz. ; Pulsatilla kioviensis Wissjul. Pulsatilla patens f. albiflora ; X.F.Zhao ex Y.Z.Zhao Pulsatilla patens var. kioviensis ; (Wissjul.) Tzvelev Pulsatilla pseudopatens ; Schur Pulsatilla uralensis ; (Zämelis) Tzvelev; ;

Pulsatilla patens is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and China.^[1] Common names include Eastern pasqueflower and cutleaf anemone.^[2]

Taxonomy

It was first formally named in 1753 as Anemone patens^[3] and is sometimes still considered part of that genus.^[4] The species Pulsatilla nuttalliana, the pasqueflower native to much of North America,^[5] is sometimes considered a subspecies or variety of Pulsatilla patens.^[2]^[6]

Two subspecies are accepted:^[1]

Pulsatilla patens is the regional flower of the region of Tavastia Proper in Finland.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida USDA PLANTS database
^ "Anemone patens L." ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Anemone patens". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
^ "Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
^ Leinonen, Matti, Nyberg, Teuvo & Veistola, Simo: Koulun biologia: Metsät ja suot. Otava, 2007, p. 157.