Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Adonis > Adonis annuaAdonis annua (blooddrops)Synonyms: Adonis aestivalis; Adonis aestivalis var. micrantha; Adonis annua autumnalis; Adonis annua baetica; Adonis annua carinata; Adonis annua var. annua; Adonis annua var. atrorubens; Adonis annua var. baetica; Adonis annua var. coccinea; Adonis atrorubens; Adonis autumnalis (heterotypic); Adonis autumnalis baetica; Adonis autumnalis var. atropurpurea; Adonis autumnalis var. micrantha; Adonis autumnalis var. pygmaea; Adonis baetica; Adonis baetica carinata; Adonis erosipetala; Adonis linnaei; Adonis micrantha; Adonis perramosa; Adonis phoenicea; Adonis poetarum; Cosmarium autumnale Adonis annua (syn. Adonis autumnalis L., Adonis phoenicea Bercht. & J.Presl.), also known as Pheasant's-eye, Adonis' Flower, autumn adonis, Autumn Pheasant's-eye, Blooddrops, Red Chamomile, Red Morocco, Rose-a-ruby, Soldiers-in-green, is a medicinal and ornamental plant and is a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. It is native to North Africa, Western Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe. The name Bird's Eye is also associated with the bird's-eye primrose. Pheasant's eye is also an alternative name for poet's narcissus. The leaves and roots are poisonous to humans and livestock. |
Flower Color [1] | Red |  | Height [2] | 16 inches (.4 m) |  | Lifespan [2] | Annual | Structure [4] | Herb |  | Light Preference [3] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [3] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [3] | Mostly Infertile | Soil Moisture [3] | Mostly Dry |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287. ♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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