prairie wildflower

Eastern pasqueflower

Pulsatilla patens

Also known as American Pasqueflower

Native to the Rockies, the Great Plains, and the Midwest and southern Canada

Northwestern Canada east to northern Wisconsin and Michigan; south through Illinois and Missouri to Texas; west beyond our range.

In the garden

A prairie wildflower for full sun and lean, dry soil. At up to 2 ft, it suits meadows and sunny borders. Hardy in USDA zones 3–7.

Light

Full sun Partial shade Full shade

Moisture

Dry Moist Wet

Find your zone:

Bees Brown-belted Bumble Bee

also Western Honey Bee, Tricolored Bumble Bee, Red-belted Bumble Bee +20 more
Hunt's Bumble Bee, Perplexing Bumble Bee, Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee, Colletes inaequalis, Orange-legged Furrow Bee, Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee, Vancouver Bumble Bee, Nevada Bumble Bee, Yellow-banded Bumble Bee, Great Basin Bumble Bee, Confusing Furrow Bee, Nearctic Bumble Bee, Carlin's Mining Bee, Cryptic Bumble Bee, frigid bumble bee, Cresson's Mining Bee, Wellesley Miner Bee, Icy Miner Bee, Sichel's Bumble Bee, Andrena cressonii infasciata
Butterflies Pearl Crescent

also Silvery Blue, American Red Admiral, Western White +2 more
Persius Duskywing, Sheridan's Hairstreak
Beetles Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

also Convergent Lady Beetle, Parenthesis Lady Beetle, Bigjaw Soldier Beetle +3 more
Undulate Sigil Lady Beetle, Three-banded Lady Beetle, Red turnip beetle
Also visited by
- Flower flies:
  
  Narrow-headed Marsh Fly, Greater Bee Fly +3 more
  Large-tailed Aphideater, Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly, Two-lined Swamp Fly
- Wasps: Prairie Yellowjacket, Polistes nimpha

Documented host and nectar records. Each links to a planting guide for that butterfly.

Habitat: PrairieThe wild plant community it grows in.
Native range: The Rockies, the Great Plains, and the Midwest and southern CanadaUnited States (18): AK, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY. Canada (7): AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK, YT. Where it grows wild on its own, by state and province.
Native distribution: Northwestern Canada east to northern Wisconsin and Michigan; south through Illinois and Missouri to Texas; west beyond our range.The same native range, usually more exact than the state list, and often noting where it has spread beyond it.

Light: Full sunHow much sun it takes, from full sun to full shade.
Moisture: DryThe soil dampness it prefers, from dry to wet.
Hardiness zones: USDA 3–7 · Canadian 2–6The cold-to-heat climate range it survives.

Height: up to 2 ft (to 0.6 m)Typical mature height.
Life cycle: PerennialWhether it lives a single season (annual), two (biennial), or returns for years (perennial).