Recently, we visited at a local botanical garden where we saw these lovely, colorful Pasque flowers in it’s Medicinal Garden section. The blooms and seed heads were mingled with each other creating a nice contrast to me. As I was taking photos, we saw the following sign next to the flowers:
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Interesting. I had not heard of Pasque Flower before, so later, I looked it up on Wikipedia. Pasque refers to Easter, and the flower blooms in early spring. It also states Pulsatilla have been used to treat reproductive problems, and that the plant “is highly toxic, and produces cardiogenic toxins and oxytoxins which slow the heart in humans…” Also, Drugs.com refers to Pasque flower as “extremely toxic and should not be ingested or applied to the skin.” Such a pretty flower, and it sounds like one needs to be very careful around this plant.
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