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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.
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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.
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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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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Width: ⇔ 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Flower features: ❀ orange, yellow
Scientific Names

Ranunculaceae >

Adonis >

vernalis >


Adonis vernalis, known variously as pheasant's eye, spring pheasant's eye, yellow pheasant's eye, sweet vernal and false hellebore, is a perennial flowering plant found in dry meadows and steppes in [[Eurasia].[1] 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 petals.

The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds, such as adonidin and aconitic acid.[2] In addition, it is often used as an ornamental plant.[3]


Read about Adonis vernalis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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. CH


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References

  1. ↑ "Den virtuella floran: Adonis vernalis". Retrieved on 17 April 2006.
  2. ↑ "King's American Dispensatory: Adonis". Retrieved on 17 April 2006.
  3. ↑ Bailey, L. H. (2005). Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 

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