Common Name - Pasqueflower
Scientific Name - Anemone patens
Family Name -  Buttercup (Ranunculaceae)

 Season
Perennial, spring

 Habitat
Prairies, grasslands

 Flower
Pale blue, 5 to 7 sepals surround a yellow center. Single flowers grow on a hairy stalk. Yellow stamens and pistils are numerous. Petals absent.

 Leaves
Basal leaves (3") palmately compound with leaflets cut into further divisions. Stem leaves hairy, stalkless and whorled.

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