General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Plant Height: 15 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Adonis are said to be difficult to grow from seed due to low seed fertility.
Pollinators: Beetles
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Spring Adonis
  • Pheasant's Eye
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Adonis vernalis
  • Synonym: Adonis apennina

Photo Gallery

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: St Louis
Date: 2017-04-11

photo credit: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova

photo credit: H. Zell

Photo courtesy of: Bunjii2

Franz Eugen Kohler, Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen 1887
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-01 
Showing late bloom period with elongated stems and seed capsules
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-01

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