Pasque Flower
Pulsatilla vulgaris
- Flowering period
- March–April
- Nectar
- mäßig
- Pollen
- gut
The Pasque Flower flowers in March and April on calcareous dry grassland and sunny dry slopes. The nectar value is moderate, the pollen value good, with the bees mainly collecting the abundant yellow pollen. It needs poor, calcareous, sunny sites and is a protected species. For the apiary it is one of the few early pollen sources on dry, poor sites.
Sources (3)
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Gewöhnliche Kuhschelle
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim