Pulsatilla pratensis (syn. Anemone pratensis), the small pasque flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to central and eastern Europe, from southeast Norway and western Denmark south and east to Bulgaria. It grows from near sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,100 m (6,900 ft) in the south of its range.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Meadow Pasqueflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pulsatilla montana
- Pulsatilla cernua — considered toxic
- Pulsatilla rubra
- Pulsatilla campanella
- Pulsatilla ambigua
- Pulsatilla dahurica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Pulsatilla
- Species
- Pulsatilla pratensis
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