Pasque from the Ashes

by Greni Graph

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Pasque from the Ashes

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Greni Graph

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Pasqueflowers rise from the ashes of a wildland fire in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the spring of 2012. Life returns. The genus Pulsatilla contains about 33 species of herbaceous perennials native to meadows and prairies of North America, Europe, and Asia. Common names include pasque flower (or pasqueflower), wind flower, prairie crocus, Easter Flower, and meadow anemone. Several species are valued ornamentals because of their finely-dissected leaves, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads. The showy part of the flower consists of sepals, not petals.

The genus Pulsatilla is sometimes considered a subgenus under the genus Anemone.

The flower blooms early in spring, which leads to the common name Pasque flower, since Pasque refers to Easter (Passover).

Pulsatilla patens is the provincial flower of Manitoba, Canada and (as P. hirsutissima) is the state flower of South Dakota, United States. Pulsatilla vulgaris is the County flower for both Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire in England. Pulsatilla vernalis is the county flower of Oppland, Norway. dakota, pasqueflower, wildflower, fire, ash, fires, ashes, state, flower, south dakota, spring, bloom, blossom, lavender, purple, nature, plant, grow, growth, black, soil, leaf, leaves, green, state flower, crocus #201204038124

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May 26th, 2012

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