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Northeast Asian Pasque Flower

Pulsatilla chinensis

Northeast Asian Pasque Flower
Photo: zhangshen, CC BY 4.0

A hardy perennial wildflower of northeast Asia, grown in gardens for its hairy, cup-shaped purple flowers and feathery seedheads. It needs full sun or light shade, excellent drainage, and is best left undisturbed once established.

Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then only during prolonged dry spells; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil; tolerates lean ground.
Temperature
Hardy to around -30 °C; summer heat tolerance is moderate, so provide some shade in hot climates.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: All parts contain protoanemonin, which can irritate skin and cause blistering or stomach upset if eaten.
Native range
Russian Far East to China and N. Korea
Climate
temperate

About

Pulsatilla chinensis is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae and is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. There it has the name bái tóu wēng (Chinese: 白头翁).

Other Pulsatilla plants

Alpine anemone · Spring Pasque Flower · European pasqueflower · Pasqueflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pulsatilla chinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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