What is "prairie smoke"

n. North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits [syn: purple avens, Geum triflorum]

Prairie smoke is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

• Geum triflorum (also called Three-Flowered Avens, Old Man's Whiskers), a spring perennial prairie wild flower
• Pulsatilla patens (also called Anemone patens), in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae