13 0503 -Prairie Crocus(할미꽃)- Mt. MacDonald 트레일 입구에서 만난(Canmore)

 

 

 

 

 

올 봄 처음으로 산에서 만났다.

맥도날드 산 비탈을 들어서자 언덕배기

 한켠으로 드믄드믄 피어있었다.

올 들어 꽃 구경이 처음이라 무지 반가웠네~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prairie Crocus Information

Anemone patens - The genus name Anemone comes from the Greek word for “wind.”

 Anemone plants are known as windflowers,

 because it was believed that they blossomed only when the wind blew in springtime.

 

Other name:Pasque flower, prairie anemone, prairie smoke, wind flower

 

Taxonomy

RANUNCULACEAE (Buttercup) family

This furry little perennial is actually not a crocus, which is in the Lily family; it's really an anemone, in the Buttercup family.

Description

As soon as the snow melts, you will want to start looking for this "harbinger of spring"! 

The prairie crocus has pale blue or purple flowers arising from the woody rootstock that appear very early in spring. 

The whole plant is covered with woolly-white hairs.

• Flowers: The flowers are about 4 cm (1 1/2 in.) in diameter, each with five to seven petal-like sepals, 
• and many pistils and bright yellow stamens. (Like all anemones, prairie crocus does not have true petals.
•  The blue or purple-coloured parts that look like petals are actually modified sepals.) 
• When folded, the outer surface of the sepals appear covered in white woolly hairs. 
• The flowers are open during the day but close at night.
• Seeds: After the flower fades and sepals fall off, the pistils develop into a shaggy cluster of seeds, each seed with its own feathery plume.
• Leaves: The leaves, gray-green and much divided, don't appear until the flower fades.