south dakota state flower...

the pasque flower
or mayflower,
is south dakota's state flower,
and one of the earliest
to bloom
on the praire.
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the stems and outer flower
are fuzzy and soft.
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the flower color varies
from white
to a deep lavender.
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my pasque flower
is a domesticated one.
the lavender is much darker
than the ones
i see in the wild
which are a much liter lavender.
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the seedhead of the pasque flower
is fuzzy and feathery
and suggests another nickname~
prairiesmoke.
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the pretty purply seedheads
are as beautiful
as the flowers themselves.
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make it another wild day!
peggy