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