Purple Pasqueflower is a photograph by Inge Riis McDonald which was uploaded on April 28th, 2017.
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Purple Pasqueflower
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Inge Riis McDonald
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Prairie Crocus or Pasqueflower
Anemone patens, The genus name Anemone comes from the Greek word for “wind.” Anemone plants are known as windflowers, because it was believed that they blossomed only when the wind blew in springtime.
This furry little perennial is actually not a crocus, which is in the Lily family; it’s really an anemone in the Buttercup family.
As soon as the snow melts, you will want to start looking for this “harbinger of spring”! The prairie crocus has pale blue or purple flowers arising from the woody rootstock that appear very early in spring. The whole plant is covered with woolly-white hairs.
• Flowers: The flowers are about 4 cm (1 1/2 in.) in diameter, each with five to seven petal-like sepals, and many pistils and bright yellow stamens. (Like all anemones, prairie crocus does not have true petals. The blue or purple-coloured parts that look like petals are actually modified sepals.) When folded, the outer surface of the sepals appear covered in white woolly hairs. The flowers are open during the day but close at night.
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April 28th, 2017
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