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Pulsatilla cernua
Narrow-leaf pasque-flower is a low perennial from the buttercup family, with bell-shaped dark purple flowers in spring, native to northeast Asia. It grows best in full sun in sandy, well-drained but moist soil.
Pulsatilla cernua, the narrow-leaf pasque-flower, is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a perennial plant. It has dark red/purple flowers with white, silky villose hairs. Pulsatilla cernua flowers from April to May, and then the seeds ripen from May to June. P. cernua is insect pollinated. This plant has both male and female parts, which means it is a hermaphrodite. Most parts of this plant are not edible, except for the roots and leaves.
Pulsatilla cernua is native to the east of Asia: Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, and Primorsky Krai) in the Russian Far East; Inner Mongolia and Manchuria in China; Korea; and Japan. P. cernua var. cernua is absent from the Russian Far East, and is only found in Jeju Province in Korea, whereas P. cernua var. koreana is not found in Inner Mongolia or Japan.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
