Noun: American pulsatilla
- Short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
"American pulsatillas covered the plains in a purple haze";
- American pasqueflower, Eastern pasque flower, wild crocus, lion's beard, prairie anemone, blue tulip, Pulsatilla patens, Anemone ludoviciana
Type of: pasque flower, pasqueflower