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'''''Adonis vernalis''''', known variously as '''pheasant's eye''', '''spring pheasant's eye''', '''yellow pheasant's eye''' 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.
'''''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>
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>
