Pulsatilla bailed, (All.) Willd

8. P. bailed (All.) Willd View in CoL ., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. 580 (1809).

Like 7 but basal leaves persistently and often densely lanate, simply pinnate with 3-5 segments, the terminal long-stalked; segments pinnatifid, the lobes oblong-lanceolate; flowers dark violet. 2« = 32 (all subspp.). Widely isolated, apparently relict populations. Alps; W. Carpathians; Balkan peninsula; Krym. Au Bu Cz G a G r He It Ju Po Rs (K). 1 Plant rarely more than 5 cm at flowering; basal leaves densely lanate, with 50-100 lobes 2 Primary divisions of basal leaves often petiolate

(a) subsp. rhodopaea 2 Primary divisions of basal leaves almost always sessile

(b) subsp. taurica

1 Plant usually more than 5 cm at flowering; basal leaves

± lanate, usually with fewer than 50 lobes

3 Primary divisions of basal leaves usually 3 (c) subsp. slavica 3 Primary divisions of basal leaves usually 5

4 Lamina 3-7 cm (d) subsp. halleri

4 Lamina 5-11 cm (e) subsp. styriaca