Unknown Pulsatilla

[Lori S.]

This little Pulsatilla has been in my trough for some years but it seems I never noted its name!  It has finally bloomed this year.  The leaves are very flat - about 1cm tall - and the flower stalks are up to 6-7 cm tall.  The flowers are quite a dark purple (in case my photos do not show the same on different monitors).  Can anyone identify it, please?
     

Thanks,
Lori

[Lesley Cox]

I hope you get a name for it Lori because it is a real cutie, so tiny.

[Carlo]

Lori,

I'm going to follow this JUST to find out what this stunner's name is. (Then if you come east into the Toronto area, BRING SEED!).

Congratulations on finding a beauty!

[Darren]

Agree with Lesley and Carlo, what a beauty.

[mark smyth]

I'll swap some Pulsatilla seeds with you

[Lori S.]

I'm pretty sure now that it's P. campanella - I had ruled this out for some reason but a couple of the fine folks at the NARGS site caused me to rethink it.  I must have bought 2 plants and somehow failed to label this one on my trough map - it took forever to bloom as compared to the other plant, so I have been wondering about it for some time.

Carlo, I can certainly send you seed a little later on.  I have been sending seed from the other plant to the SRGC and NARGS seedexes... but will have that much more this year - my other plant is producing 14 flowers this year!!  

Thanks all.

[Lori S.]

Love to, Mark.  It will take some time before seed is ready here (just so you know).

[Tim Ingram]

Is it campanella or turczaninovii? I have grown the latter and was struck by the strong colour of the flowers - the leaves are also beautifully cut. I also have a wonderful form of vulgaris (ssp. gotlandica) which has short stemmed deep purple flowers, but more open than yours.

[Lori S.]

I also grow P. turczaninovii and find its leaves to be rather different, and the flowers distinctly blue rather than purple - also a bigger plant than this one.

Edit:
Well, on second thought, the leaves are not greatly different on P. turczaninovii as you noted, Tim... somewhat different, but I wonder how much of that may be individual variation?


I still feel it is most likely P. campanella, from comparison to my other plant.

[Lori S.]

Despite having leaned to P. campanella before... now I'm leaning to P. turczaninovii...     Does anyone know the definitive differences between these two?