Prairie_crocus Prairie_crocus

Prairie crocus - Definition

Related Words: Basin, Campo, Champaign, Clearing, Countryside, Delta, Desert
Prairie Crocus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Ranunculales
Family:Ranunculaceae
Genus:Anemone
Species:patens
Binomial name
Anemone patens

The Prairie Crocus (Anemone patens) is the provincial flower of Manitoba. In its Tall Grass Prairie habitat, it is one of the first plants to bloom in the spring, often before the late winter snows have thawed.

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