Blue or Purple Flowers
(
Buttercup-Like Flowers )
Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae)
Prairie Crocus/Pasque Flower
Anemone patens
Season: Early Spring
Habitat: Dry Montane Hillsides
Height: 10-15 cm
Description: This harbinger of spring often pokes its purple flower-head through the snow, even before its leaves have finished forming. The entire plant is covered with dense hairs. The stem has a collar of linear leaves a few centimetres below the single flower. The pale purple or pink flower has 5-7 petal-like sepals surrounding a yellow centre. The flower is later replaced by a feathery seed-head. It is the provincial flower of the province of Manitoba and the state flower of North Dakota.
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