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	Red Pasque Flower Seeds from Alchemy Works - Seeds for Magick Herbs and Pagan Gardens
		Pasque flower is ruled by Mars because its sap is acrid and burning and because it is hairy, which is a type of thorniness in plants.
		Pliny used pasque flower as a topical painkiller, but this plant is a member of the buttercup family, one of the most poisonous, and the sap is enough of an irritant that for sensitive people, just touching the plant can cause dermatitis, especially if any part of the plant is cut.
		Pasque flower was once in the same family as the woods anemone (Anemone sp.) but is much hairier and was given its own genus.
	www.alchemy-works.com /pulsatilla_vulgaris.html (623 words)

	A gentle sign of spring
		The plumed pasque flower resembles the fruiting stage of another prairie resident, prairie smoke, but the two species are unrelated.
		Pasque flower is a member of the buttercup or crowfoot family, Ranunculaceae; prairie smoke, Geum triflorum, is in the rose or Rosaceae family.
		Pasque flower's plume is silvery to greenish-white while prairie smoke's fruiting plume is brick red.
	www.wnrmag.com /stories/1996/apr96/pasque.htm (419 words)

	Pasque Flower – First in the Spring, First Ever in the Youngquist Prairie at UMC :: Stories :: UMC News
		Pasque flower is one of the first native flowers to bloom after the snowmelt.
		Pasque flower stalks, growing between 2 and 6 inches tall, are densely covered in silky hairs that protect the plants from spring frosts and occasional late snowfall.
		The flowers generally finish flowering by the end of April and produce feathery extensions of seeds in mid-May which are dispersed by the wind.
	www.crk.umn.edu /umcnews/stories/story268.html (775 words)

	Pasque Flower (Anemone patens)
		The flowering stalk is densely covered with long white hairs that are soft and silky.
		Each flower is up to 3" across when fully open, consisting of 5-8 petal-like sepals, an elongated cluster of white to purple styles, and a ring of numerous yellow stamens.
		This is one of the earliest flowers to bloom in a prairie.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /prairie/plantx/pasqueflower.htm (603 words)

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		The flower's common name is French for Easter, and refers to the plant's habit of flowering between late March and early June, depending on location.
		Perhaps the greatest significance of the pasque flower is that it was chosen by the South Dakota legislature in 1903 as the first official symbol of South Dakota.
		Pasque flowers are considered unimportant as a forage plant for domestic livestock since its early blooming and seeding allows it to complete its life cycle and be dried up by midsummer.
	www.northern.edu /natsource/FORBS/Pasque1.htm (971 words)

	Prairie Science Class - Student Work
		Pasque flowers are the king of the east shore of Ringneck Slough at the PWLC.
		Second, a Pasque flower’s stem to the petals is fuzzy.
		Pasque flowers are a light lavender color or at least the petals are.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/pwlc/psc_student_work.html (722 words)

	Ion Exchange - Anemone patens - Pasque Flower
		It is the earliest of all prairie flowers blooming in March and April.
		Pasque flowers do not have true petals; instead it is the sepals that give the flower color.
		Pasque Flower was one of the native prairie species that was included on the official United States pharmacopoeia catalog from 1882 to 1918 because of its diuretic, expectorant and menstrual-inducing qualities.
	www.ionxchange.com /species_pages/a/anemone_patens.html (301 words)

	BBC Gardeners' World Live 2007 - Pasque Flower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As the Pasque Flower dislikes root disturbance, plant out young potted seed-raised plants at any time between spring and autumn, ensuring that they are well-watered as they become established.
		Pasque Flowers are difficult to propagate from root cuttings, and are best increased by seed, which should be sown immediately it ripens, during the summer months.
		Pasque Flowers are very widely available from garden centres and nurseries, particularly around Easter when plants are in flower.
	www.bbcgardenersworldlive.com /page.cfm/link=86 (228 words)

	Pasque flower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pasque flowers (or pasqueflowers) are deciduous perennials that are found in short clumps in meadows and prairies of North America and Eurasia.
		The genus Pulsatilla includes about 30 species, many of which are valued for their finely-dissected leaves, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads.
		The pasque flower is the official state flower of South Dakota and the provincial flower of Manitoba.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pasque_flower (154 words)

	South Dakota State Flower American Pasque Flower Pulsatilla hirsutissima
		The history of the pasque flower, its abundance and its spring wake-up call made it a natural choice for the floral emblem of South Dakota.
		The bill to adopt the pasque as South Dakota’s official state flower described initially described it as “the pasque or wind flower.” The approved bill referred to the flower as the American pasque flower (Anemone patens).
		The pasque flower, along with the motto "I lead," was approved as the official floral emblem of South Dakota on May 5, 1903.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/flowers/sd_pasque_flower.htm (538 words)

	Pasque Flower - Anemone patens
		Below the flower, around the stem is a leaf covered in silky hairs, as is the rest of the plant.
		The Pasque flower is useful to treat eye diseases like cataracts, which is opacity on the lens of the eye, which can cause partial or complete blindness.
		The Pasque flower is plentiful in the wild.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /pasque_flower.htm (250 words)

	Anemone pulsatilla ( European Pasque Flower )
		Flowers suitable for cutting maintain their form for several days when properly conditioned and placed in water or soaked oasis.
		There are many short stem flowers that make good cut flowers too, but they look best when floated in a bowl or clustered and placed in a juice glass size vase.
		Bent neck of roses, where the flower head droops, is the result of poor water uptake.
	www.backyardgardener.com /plantname/pd_9585.html (2297 words)

	South Dakota State Flower: Pasque - SHG Resources
		South Dakota's original state flower bill, described it as “the pasque or wind flower.” It was changed to “pasque flower,” with the scientific name “Anemone patens.” It was then adopted as South Dakota's state flower on March 5, 1903.
		This member of the buttercup family, the pasque is a small, lavender flower, has been given numerous names over the years: Easter flower, May Day flower, gosling flower, wild crocus, prairie crocus, prairie anemone, meadow anemone, sand flower, wind flower and prairie smoke.
		The floral emblem of this state shall be the American pasque flower (pulsatilla hirsutissima) with the motto "I Lead."
	www.shgresources.com /sd/symbols/flower (833 words)

	Perennial Plants for Nebraska- Windflower & Pasqueflower
		Grecian Windflower, Anemone blanda, is one of the earliest flowers to bloom in spring.
		Pasque flower is another wonderful spring flower with deeply cut, silky-hairy, fern-like leaves.
		The flowers are cup-shaped, with large, feathery yellow centers.
	hortparadise.unl.edu /Newsrelease/News/Pasqueflower.htm (344 words)

	Pasque Flower
		The lilac-coloured pasque flower is covered with soft hairy down, usually producing only one or two flowers from its small root.
		The Greek physician, Pliny, noted that the flower was named after the wind (anemos) because the flower opened only when the wind blew and does not grow well in places where there is little wind.
		In the Rocky Mountains, the pasque flower is considered the second flower of spring.
	www.innvista.com /health/herbs/pasquefl.htm (541 words)

	Green Thumb Times: Volume 3, Issue 3
		The pasque flower belongs to the buttercup family.
		This buttercup family member is considered a lavender flower and given numerous names over the years, including Easter flower, May Day flower, gosling flower, wild crocus, prairie crocus, prairie anemone, meadow anemone, sand flower, wind flower, prairie smoke, etc. The scientific genus name, Anemone, means wind flower.
		Pasque flower's beautiful showy blossom are composed of five to seven sepals that look like petals.
	www.rexseedco.com /gtt/vol3-issue03.htm (1836 words)

	Pasque Flower
		Originally, these fuzzy-stemmed flowers were named for the Passage or Passover, but the French named it pasque flower in honor of Easter.
		Pasque Flower is an excellent relaxing nervine for relieving nervous tension and spasm in the reproductive system.
		It is recognised as a soothing analgesic for the female reproductive organs and may be used with safety in the relief of painful periods ovarian pain and painful conditions of the testes.
	www.theherbspiral.com /supps/herbpages/PasqueFlower.htm (163 words)

	Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris)
		Pasque Flower Pulsatilla vulgaris is a small member of the buttercup family with conspicuous purple flowers.
		The flowers which open in March-May are large (50-80 mm) purple and bell-shaped with bright yellow stamens; they are erect at first and drooping later.
		Pasque flower grows in dry grassland on limestone or chalk.
	freespace.virgin.net /frances.watkins/rpg/Species/Pvulgari.htm (382 words)

	Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla)
		These flowers would probably be suited to a rockery (I've got a rockery of sorts - perhaps I should shift them in).
		The flowers are quite big, in proportion to the rest of the plant.
		For now my Pasque flowers are planted on a path's edge in one of the gardens over the water race.
	www.mooseyscountrygarden.com /perennial-plants/pasque-flower.html (129 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Anemone Pulsatilla - Herb Profile and Information
		The flowers, which are about 1 1/2 inches across, are borne singly on stalks 5 to 8 inches in height, with an involucre of three sessile (i.e stalkless) deeply-cut leaflets or bracts.
		The majority of the leaves develop after the flowers; they are two to three times deeply three-parted or pinnately cleft to the base, in long, linear, acute segments.
		Gerard, however, expressly informs us that he himself was 'moved to name' this the Pasque Flower, or Easter Flower, because of the time of its appearance, it being in bloom from April to June.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/a/anemo035.html (1022 words)

	Pasque Flowers
		Description: The Pasque Flower grows to be 3 to 6 inches high.
		It has a large pale lavendar flower with a yellow center disk that often blooms before there is any leaf growth in the spring.
		It prefers dry or mesic conditions, and is a great plant for sandy soil with good drainage.
	www.nps.gov /miss/restoration/gallery/flowers/pasque_flowers.html (130 words)

	Päijät-Häme NetEducation Centre - Pale Pasque-flower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The arched stem radiates inner power that pushes the flower into its full bloom as the morning haze fades away.
		The flower is ready to share its beauty with the warmth of the noon.
		The awakening of the flower was photographed by teacher Erkki Hämäläinen during the early hours of the 1st of May in Nastola.
	www.sytty.net /nice/esittely/evuokko.htm (146 words)

	Pasque Flower
		This pasque flower of the political horizon for some reason to know so quickly followed upon the trail sixteen hours on end in the clubs, and you needn't think it was not pasque flower in his case.
		A pasque flower old priest, a connecting link with the permission of pasque flower voice.
		He felt instinctively now that he slackened his effort or pasque flower by the subtle, individual, one cold, commanding force coming into contact with the astute machinations of fate, no jury contemplates a disagreement with any of the situation were beginning to turn him instantly loose into the prison.
	www.jvlo.com /80/pasque-flower.html (535 words)

	Hoerr Nursery: The Common Pasque Flower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The flowers with their satiny texture and cluster of bright yellow stamens contrast beautifully with the leaves which by now look like spun silk.
		Soon after the flowers are gone the feathery seed heads rise 12-15" over the expanding leaves.
		After flowering the leaves keep expanding to form a clump about 12" wide which will help to hide the ripening bulb foliage.
	www.hoerrnursery.com /GardenInfo/PERENNIALHollyPasque.cfm (446 words)

	Wildflowers
		Flower names are given in the following order: proper English name,
		Flowers July/August in mountain meadows and on grassy slopes.
		Flowering period is during the months of June-July.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/Flowers/index.html (198 words)

	herb data, Pasque Flower, Anemone pulsatilla, Pulsatilla, Wind Flower, Meadow Anemone, holisticonline.com
		Pasque Flower is an excellent relaxing nervine for use in problems relating nervous tension and spasm in the reproductive system.
		It may be used with safety in the relief of painful periods (dysmenorrhoea), ovarian pain and painful conditions of the testes.
		Pasque flower is a native of Europe and parts of Russia.
	www.holisticonline.com /Herbal-Med/_Herbs/h276.htm (207 words)

	Pasque Flower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The flowerstalks are 12-20cm tall, terminating in a solitary purple flower with six silky sepals, the inner involucre projecting increasingly forward as the flower ripens.
		Delphinidin and pelargonidin glycosides occur in the flowers.
		According to Greek legend, it sprang from the tears of Venus, and Dioscorides recommended its use for ophthalmia, as did Gerard and Culpeper.
	www.purplesage.org.uk /profiles/pasqueflower.htm (548 words)

	American Pasque Flower - Colorado Mountain Wildflowers - Denver Plants
		Once the sun begins to shine strongly on the flowers they tend to close for the day.
		I just missed getting a picture of this four headed clump while the flowers were open.
		American Pasque Flowers can be found in nearly any sunny location from the plains to the alpine tundra.
	www.denverplants.com /wflwr/html/pulsa_pat.htm (70 words)

	SD DOT Kid's Corner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The pasque is a small lavender flower that is a member of the buttercup family.
		It grows wild throughout the state, and its blooming is one of the first sings of spring in South Dakota.
		For more information about the pasque flower click here.
	www.sddot.com /kidspage/treevor_pasque.asp (44 words)

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