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Ranunculaceae /
Kinpougeka
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Notes For Reference:- |
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Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Pulsatilla:
Pulsatilla cernua
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Okinagusa
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Pulsatilla cernua / Okinagusa オキナグサ |
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Pulsatilla cernua is
a perennial herb growing in sunny grasslands, significantly hairy.
Radical leaves are bipinnately compound, with long petioles, and the
leaflets are cleft afresh into 2-3 segments. As the flower stalks
grow up to as high as 10 cm, flowers bloom, extending to about 40cm
in height when flowering ends. On-stem leaves, petiole-less and
bonding at bases together, are in a whorl of three, each thinly
cleft into leaflets. Flower buds emerge singly on the tips of flower
stalks and bloom facing downward. The bell-shaped flowers measure
approximately 3cm in diameter, with no petals; sepals are
petal-like, 6 in number; insides are dark purple-red, and outsides
look whitish since being covered densely with silky white hairs.
There are many stamens in the same way as pistils; long hairs are
close together on the styles. Bloom time: April-May. |
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