Pulsatilla vulgaris flowers around Easter time, hence the common name pasque flower, pasque meaning of Easter which in turn comes from the Hebrew ‘pasakh’, passover.
Pulsatilla vulgaris bears upright, bell-shaped, silky-hairy flowers. The petals are colored in shades of deep to pale purple or occasionally white. The equally attractive seed heads which follow are spherical, with silver-silky, plume like styles, raised on elongated flower stems.
Pulsatillas are found mainly in short turf and alpine meadows in Europe, Asia and North America. It is now very scarce in the wild.