Blooms: June
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Introduced and occasionallhy escaping, but marginally persistant; uncommon in the Pacific Northwest.
Habitat: Disturbed areas.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Introduced and occasionallhy escaping, but marginally persistant; uncommon in the Pacific Northwest.
Habitat: Disturbed areas.
Species Description:
General: Glabrous annual, the stem simple or branched above, 2-6 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, bipinnately dissected into narrow, linear segments, the lower leaves petiolate.
Flowers: Flowers showy, regular, single on naked peduncles; sepals 5, greenish, rounded; petals 5-10, white to red with a bluish base, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, about twice the length of the sepals, sub-erect; stamens blue, numerous; pistils numerous.
Fruits: Achene hardened and rough, with a short, straight beak.
General: Glabrous annual, the stem simple or branched above, 2-6 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, bipinnately dissected into narrow, linear segments, the lower leaves petiolate.
Flowers: Flowers showy, regular, single on naked peduncles; sepals 5, greenish, rounded; petals 5-10, white to red with a bluish base, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, about twice the length of the sepals, sub-erect; stamens blue, numerous; pistils numerous.
Fruits: Achene hardened and rough, with a short, straight beak.
Accepted Name:
Adonis aestivalis L.Synonyms:
Adonis aestivalis L. var. citrina Hoffmann
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Adonis aestivalis
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Adonis aestivalis specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Adonis aestivalis specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Adonis aestivalis treatment.
E-Flora BC: Adonis aestivalis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Adonis aestivalis images.
USDA Plants Database: Adonis aestivalis.
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