Pasque flower

This article or section should be merged with Prairie crocus.

The pasque flowers (or pasqueflowers) are deciduous perennials that are found in short clumps in meadows and prairies of North America and Eurasia. Their genus, Pulsatilla, includes about 30 species, many of which are valued for their finely-dissected leaves, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads.

This genus is sometimes included as part of the Anemone genus, as Anemone patens, and is also known as the prairie crocus.

The pasque flower is the official state flower of South Dakota.