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Adonis vernalis is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It belongs to the genus Adonis and is classified within the order Ranunculales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this taxon include spring pheasant's eye, Spring Adonis, Frühlings-Adonisröschen, and Bahar xoruzgülü. The species produces a fruit type known as a nucule.
The IUCN Red List assesses Adonis vernalis as Least Concern as of 2025, while a regional conservation status lists it as Near Threatened. Occurrence records have been documented in Ukraine, the Soviet Union, Moldova, the United States, and Romania. The species has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
Least ConcernSpring Adonis
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyRanunculaceae
Das Frühlings-Adonisröschen oder der Frühlings-Adonis (Adonis vernalis) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Adonisröschen (Adonis) in der Familie der Hahnenfußgewächse (Ranunculaceae). Als Frühblüher bildet es bereits im April seine auffälligen gelben Blüten aus. In Zentraleuropa ist die Art gefährdet und steht unter Naturschutz.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,281
- With media
- 780
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Collections
- NHA, NY, CM, OSW, MADUG-UG, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
- Recorded in
- Ukraine, Soviet Union, Moldova, Republic Of, United States, Romania, Switzerland, Mexico, Czechoslovakia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon common name
- pomladanski zajčji mak
- has fruit type
- nucule
- short name
- A. vernalis
- regional conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Encyclopedic overview
Adonis vernalis, known variously as pheasant's eye, spring pheasant's eye, yellow pheasant's eye and false hellebore, is a perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is found in dry meadows and steppes in Eurasia. More specifically, this plant grows in a wide range of locations which include open forests, forest clearings, dry meadows, mesic steppe, and mostly calcareous soil. Isolated populations are found from Spain in the west across Central Europe with fine examples in Valais, Switzerland, and southern Europe, reaching southern Sweden in the north and Abruzzo in the south, with its main area of distribution being the Pannonian Basin and the West Siberian Plain. In contrast to most other European Adonis species, the flowers appear in springtime, and are up to 80 mm (3.1 in) in diameter, with up to 20 bright yellow petals. Not only do the flowers begin to grow, but so do the plants aerial organs, from around April to May.
The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds, such as adonidin and aconitic acid. Infusions of the plant are used in the medicine Bekhterev's mixture.
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