Pulsatilla pratensis

Meadows Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla pratensis)

The meadows Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla pratensis), also meadows Pasque Flower and Black Pasque called, belongs to the family of the buttercup family ( Ranunculaceae ). This species is considered as endangered in Central Europe.

Features

The meadows Pasque Flower is a perennial herbaceous plant. The entire plant is densely covered with relatively long, silky white hair. The whorled, bract -like stem leaves are highly divided.

The meadow anemone forms large, nodding flowers, which have a diameter of up to 5 cm. The black - purple tepals are longer than the yellow to yellowish white colored stamens. It blooms in early spring from April to May

Distribution and location

They settled sand or silicate dry grasslands and sparse pine or oak woods with calcareous subsoil. This plant is a Kennart the xeric grasslands ( Festuco - Sedetalia ) and grows there with the sand Thrift ( Armeria maritima subsp. Elongata ) and fescue species ( Festuca ).

The meadows Pasque comes in Germany only about northeast front of the central mountains. In most federal states of Germany, she is on the red list and is named after the Federal Species Protection Ordinance ( BArtSchV ) special protection.

In Austria the Black - Pasque occurs in the Pannonian area on scattered, otherwise very rare. The deposits extend to the provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria and Lower Carinthia. The species is considered endangered, endangered in the Alpine region and in the northern and south-eastern foothills of the Alps even as strong. In at least one state it is under full legal nature.

Trivial names

Also the names Bitzblume (Saxony), Bitzwurz, Glock Rose ( Mark Brandenburg ), Easter bells ( for var montana in Tyrol near Brixen ) and small goatee For the meadow anemone or were only partly regional, common.