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'''''Adonis vernalis''''', known variously as '''pheasant's eye''', '''spring pheasant's eye''', '''yellow pheasant's eye''', '''sweet vernal''' and '''false hellebore''', is a [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[flowering plant]] found in dry [[meadow]]s and [[steppe]]s in [[Eurasia].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/ranuncula/adoni/adonver.html|title=Den virtuella floran: ''Adonis vernalis''|accessdate=17 April 2006}}</ref> In contrast to most other European ''Adonis'' species, the flowers appear in springtime, and are up to 80 mm in diameter, with up to 20 bright yellow [[petal]]s. The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds, such as adonidin and aconitic acid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/adonis.html|title=King's American Dispensatory: ''Adonis''|accessdate=17 April 2006}}</ref> In addition, it is often used as an [[ornamental plant]].<ref>{{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=2005 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}</ref> {{Inc| Adonis vernalis, Linn. (A. apennina, Jacq. A. davurica, Reichb.). Spring Adonis. St. simple; lower lvs. scale-like, others with lobes numerous, entire: fls. large; petals 10-15, lanceolate, slightly toothed; sepals smooth. Early spring. Var alba, Hort. A form with white fls. J.H. 52:39 (desc.). A. dislorta, Tenore, from Italy; a form with later fls. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> File:Adonis vernalis L 01HD.jpg| photo 1 File:Adonis vernalis 01.jpg| photo 2 File:Koeh-152.jpg| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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