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|species=vernalis
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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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>
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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.
Adonis vernalis, Linn. (A. apennina, Jacq. A. davurica, Reichb.). Spring Adonis. Fig. 127. St. simple; lower lvs. scale-like, others with lobes numerous, entire: fls. large; petals 10-15, lanceolate, slightly toothed; sepals smooth. Early spring. Gn. 5, p. 519; 39:268. Gn.W. 23:153. G. 29:146; 9:122; 1:249. Var alba, Hort. A form with white fls. J.H. 52:39 (desc.). A. dislorta, Tenore, from Italy; a form with later fls.
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==Cultivation==
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File:Adonis vernalis L 01HD.jpg| photo 1
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File:Adonis vernalis 01.jpg| photo 2
File:Koeh-152.jpg| photo 3
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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