Pulsatilla patens is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and China.

[1] Common names include Eastern pasqueflower and cutleaf anemone.

[2] It was first formally named in 1753 as Anemone patens[3] and is sometimes still considered part of that genus.

[4] The species Pulsatilla nuttalliana, the pasqueflower native to much of North America,[5] is sometimes considered a subspecies or variety of Pulsatilla patens.

[2][6] Two subspecies are accepted:[1] Pulsatilla patens is the regional flower of the region of Tavastia Proper in Finland.