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Pulsatilla alpina (L.) Chaz.  
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FamilyRANUNCULACEAE
Genus speciesPulsatilla alpina (L.) Chaz. 
BibliographySuppl. Dict. Jard. 2: 377 (1790)
Native RangePyrenees to Alps, ne. Albania
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude500-2700m
Descriptionleaves and bracts ternate, bipinnatisect, hirsute, flowers erect, hexamerous, inside white, externally often violet or reddish, hirsute
Size10-40cm
Colorbluish, white, yellow
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-16°C
basal cuttings in fall
SynonymsAnemone alpicola Rouy & Foucaud
Anemone alpina L.
Anemone alpina ssp. alpicola Rouy & Foucaud
Anemone alpina f. burseriana (Scop.) Bolzon
Anemone alpina var. intermedia DC.
Anemone alpina var. major DC.
Anemone alpina var. micrantha DC.
Anemone alpina ssp. myrrhidifolia (Vill.) Rouy & Foucaud
Anemone alpina var. myrrhidifolia (Vill.) Hegi
Anemone alpina var. nivalis DC.
Anemone alpina var. sulphurea (L.) DC.
Anemone alpina ssp. sulphurea (L.) Hegi
Anemone baldensis Lam.
Anemone burseriana Scop.
Anemone flemmensis Scop.
Anemone grandiflora Hoppe ex Rchb.
Anemone gredensis Rivas Mart.
Anemone micrantha Steud.
Anemone myrrhidifolia Vill.
Anemone subalpina Songeon
Anemone sulphurea L.
Preonanthus alpinus (L.) Schur
Preonanthus sulfureus (L.) Fourr.
Pulsatilla alba Rchb.
Pulsatilla alpina ssp. alpicola (Rouy & Foucaud) H.Neumayer
Pulsatilla alpina var. subalpina (Songeon) P.Fourn.
Pulsatilla burseriana (Scop.) Rchb.
Pulsatilla grandiflora Rchb. ex Walp.
Pulsatilla micrantha Sweet
Pulsatilla myrrhidifolia (Vill.) H.R.Wehrh.
Territory1 Europe
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania)
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