The flower blooms early in spring, which leads to the common name Pasque flower, since Pasque refers to Easter (Passover).
Pulsatilla vulgaris | Pulsatilla patens | Pulsatilla koreana | Pulsatilla |
One noted example occurs at Barnsley Warren in Gloucestershire, and within it are 30,000 Pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla vulgaris), Britain's largest colony.
One of them, friend and fellow botanist Carl Ernst August Weihe urged him to use the herb Pulsatilla, believed to be the cure of his ailment.
The larvae feed on the leaves of various plants, including Plantago, Rumex, Fragaria, Stellaria, Lamium, Centaurea, Pulsatilla and Taraxacum species.