What species would it be?
Seems it would be a fairly simple identifying characteristic. I lost my label on this seedling. Anyone have a good pulsatilla key?
Pulsatilla with palmately disected leaves
Do you have a picture? I'll have a look and see what I can find out.
Well, it seems there is much confused information on pulsatilla species! It could be patens, ambigua, multifida, nuttalliana, hirsutissima, ludoviciana, occidentalis or plain old vulgaris. Over to you..
I did take a film picture, so it needs to be developed. And of the flower too(not so unusual). I guess I erroneously thought that palmate leaf structure would be an easy identification. Of the species you listed, only vulgaris is on the list of seeds I planted. But everyone knows how infallible seed package labels are. Most came from NARGS. These are the species "possibilities," from the seed I planted:
albana
halleri ssp. slavica
bungeana
cernua
pratense
vulgaris
turczaninovii
(and not that every species came up, mind you)
The flower was basically white, with some purple veination, and petals very rounded(to an oval shape). Flower upfacing. I do have a pic of it in bud:
It looks a very interesting flower with those brown hairs, from my amateurish eyes not like vulgaris which are the pulsatilla I have. I hope you do find out what it is. I see both are in pots. Are they indoors?
Pots stay outside all winter. These plants are getting planted in the ground . . . today, in fact. Also have turczaninovii blooming in a pot now. Can't wait 'til I post pics. Dare I say, it is true blue?
You MUST post a picture of that!
Beautiful!
Inspiring!
Oh my that is a beauty! I reckon I have to have the halleri as that might be easier to obtain. Thanks.
