Anemone patens

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Pasqueflower at McKnight Prairie

The pasqueflower, Anemone patens, is the first native prairie flower to bloom in the spring. The lavender-tinged ground-hugging blooms appear in early to mid April on the McKnight Prairie hilltops, sometimes poking through late spring snowfall.

Photo:

Joseph Quick

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16 April 2006