Life Span
Perennial
Annual and Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Perennial
Origin
North-Central United States, Central United States, Western United States, Texas
Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe, United Kingdom
Types
-
Pulsatilla vulgaris, Pulsatilla vulgaris rubra, Pulsatilla vulgaris alba
Number of Varieties
704
0
40000
👆🏻
Habitat
Cultivated Beds, Sandy areas, Sunny Edge
meadows, Slopes, Wooded slopes
USDA Hardiness Zone
3-95-7
0
99
👆🏻
AHS Heat Zone
9-1
7-5
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 10
2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17
Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
50.80 cm12.70 cm
0
3900
👆🏻
Minimum Width
35.60 cm15.20 cm
0
6350
👆🏻
Plant Color
Flower Color
White
Indigo, Purple, Violet
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
Greyish Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Gray Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Gray Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Gray Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oval to egg shaped
Rosette
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer
Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Early Spring, Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Cuttings, Divison, Seedlings
root cutting, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep the Soil well drained, Needs a lot of moisture in the growing season, Reduce watering in winter
Medium
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Clay, Loam
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Cutworms, Larvae of Agave Weevil
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds, Bumblebees
-
Allergy
-
convulsions, Diarrhea, Stomach pain, Vomiting
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
along a porch, deck or patio, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Analgesic, Febrifuge, Stomachic
-
Part of Plant Used
Root
-
Other Uses
Chewing
Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower
Alpine, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Botanical Name
PENSTEMON grandiflorus 'Prairie Snow'
PULSATILLA vulgaris
Common Name
Large Beardtongue, Prairie Snow Beardtongue
Pasque Flower, wind flower, prairie crocus, Easter Flower, meadow anemone
In Hindi
Large Beardtongue
Pasque Flower
In German
Large Beardtongue
Kuhschellen
In French
Large Beardtongue
Pasque Flower
In Spanish
Large Beardtongue
Pasque Flower
In Greek
Large Beardtongue
Pasque Flower
In Portuguese
Large Beardtongue
Pasque Flower
In Polish
Large Beardtongue
Sasanka
In Latin
Large Beardtongue
Pasque Flower
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Vascular plant
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Scrophulariales
Ranunculales
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Penstemon
Pulsatilla
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
25033
1
27800
👆🏻