American Pulsatilla (Noun)
Meaning
Short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- American pulsatilla produces loose clusters of flowers that are either blue-violet or lilac, which can be as large as 4 inches across when fully open.
- It often grows in colonies in well-drained rocky dry areas, American pulsatilla is typically found growing together in close groups with several stems arising from the same root.
- American pulsatilla flowers with clusters that resemble a silvery plume, surrounded by a collar of three large hairy bracts, which also adds to its beauty and style.
- American pulsatilla leaves and stems are protected with dense wooly hairs and if the plant is injured or crushed, there is an increased possibility of wooly growth around the damaged part.
- American pulsatilla flower stems begin growing in late winter to early spring, months after the initial leaf growth during autumn on open dry hillsides.
Synonyms
- Wild Crocus
- American Pasqueflower
- Anemone Ludoviciana
- Lion's Beard
- Prairie Anemone
- Pulsatilla Patens
- Eastern Pasque Flower
- Blue Tulip