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Large-flowered passerine - (Pulsatilla grandis)

The whole plant, outside the inner surface of the flower, is covered with whitish or initially rusted hairs. In March, flowers grow from the bare ground among last year's crumbling dry leaves. The stalk grows at the time of flowering hardly reaches 3–15 cm after flowering until it grows to the development of fertility 13–40 cm in height. The passerine is one of the first, large purple flowers of very conspicuous flowering plants and is therefore often referred to as the messenger of spring, similar to the spring primrose (Primula vernis), which "unlocks the ground". The observer is attracted by a chalice full of golden-yellow stamens, as well as later hairy inflorescences with seeds that are spread by the wind. Purple bell-shaped flowers are always upright at first, later they may be overhanging. Anthers are purple, there are six petals. Typical of passerines is a fused crown of leaves on the stem not far from the flower. The fruit is nažka, transferred to the new place by wind (anemochoria). The leaf blade is two to four times pinnate, divided into leaf segments. It creates a rhizome underground.

 

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Uploaded on February 14, 2022