Adonis vernalis L.

Spring pheasant's eye (en), Adonis printanier (fr), Grand Oeil-de-boeuf (fr), Adonis de printemps (fr), Grand œil-de-boeuf (fr), Œil-de-bœuf (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Adonis

Characteristics

Herbs , perennial, stout-rhizomatous. Stems 1-4, 5-35 cm at anthesis (10-40 cm at fruiting time). Leaves: basal leaves scalelike, 1cm, sessile; proximal cauline leaves with sheathlike petiole base, distal leaves short-petiolate to sessile; leaf blade 1-2-pinnatisect. Flowers 4-8 cm diam.; sepals appressed to petals, ovate-elliptic to obovate, margins and abaxial surface villous, apex slightly crenulate to ±erose; petals 10-20, spreading, yellow, without basal blotch, plane, 25-35 mm, 1.5 times length of calyx, apex erose or irregularly crenulate; stamens ca. 80; anthers yellow; pistils 40-50. Heads of achenes globose to ovoid, 15-20 × 12-15 mm; pedicels hidden among dense leaves; achenes pubescent, 3.5-5.5 mm, transverse flange absent, basal tooth absent, adaxial margin very short (1 mm), straight, abaxial margin strongly gibbous; beak strongly recurved against abaxial surface, 0.5-1 mm.
More
Perennial, 1–4 dm; pet 10–20, mostly bright yellow, 2–3.5 cm; anthers yellow; achenes evidently hairy, with a short, hooked beak; 2n=16. Native of Europe, occasionally escaped in our range, esp. toward the south. Late summer.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread myrmecochory
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Sunny grassy hills on dry calcareous soils. A rare plant in most of its range, it has legal protection from gathering in most countries.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 6-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-6

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified), Cardiac (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified)
Human toxicity strong toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity strong toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Adonis vernalis habit picture by Michael Andresek (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis habit picture by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis habit picture by akire kilbuk (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Adonis vernalis leaf picture by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis leaf picture by Sebastian Wilfinger (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis leaf picture by margarida vila (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Adonis vernalis flower picture by anne denier (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis flower picture by Mathias GWL (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis flower picture by Василий Евтушок (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Adonis vernalis fruit picture by Denis Bastianelli (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis fruit picture by Kacirekova Barbora (cc-by-sa)
Adonis vernalis fruit picture by Hansjörg Hagels (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Adonis vernalis world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305359-2
WFO ID wfo-0000521287
COL ID 654N4
BDTFX ID 885
INPN ID 80240
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Adoniastrum vernale Adonis parviflora Adonis pratensis Anemone consiligo Chrysocyathus vernalis Adonis davurica Adonis helleborus Adonanthe vernalis Adonis vernalis