Talk:Pulsatilla patens

Beauty
It is also the South Dakota state flower —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.105.93.224 (talk) 01:17, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Subspecies and flower color
I'm from the United States and am only familiar with the North American color form: light purple (lavender) on the outside of the petals (sepals) and white with veins on the inside. The article shows another color form: deeper purple.

Apparently Pulsatilla patens has two species: multifida and patens. Does anyone know if one subspecies is North American and the other Eurasian, or if one species is the lighter-colored one and one is the deeper-colored? I've also heard of a third subspecies, wolfgangiana, which may be the variety in North America. Is subspecies wolfgangiana generally recognized, or is it a synonym of ssp. patens?

The article really needs discussion of color forms and subspecies: what the differences between the subspecies are, what the color forms are, and what regions in the world they are native to. — Eru·tuon 02:40, 10 April 2015 (UTC)