Pasque Flower

The pasque flower is a buttercup-family plant found on chalk grassland in Europe and widely grown in gardens. Wikipedia says it was once placed in the genus Anemone, to which it is closely related, and that several sources still list Anemone pulsatilla as the accepted name. It also records a legend that the flowers sprang up where the blood of Romans or Danes had soaked the ground. Cunningham files it under Anemone (Anemone pulsatilla), calls it masculine, with Mars and fire, and names Adonis and Venus. His powers are health, protection and healing. He says to gather the first blossoms of spring, wrap them in a red cloth, and wear or carry them against disease. His code for the plant is X, not recommended for internal use. Kynes gives no entry.