Adonis aestivalis
L., Sp. Pl. 771.
1753; Hook. f. &. Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1:
15. 1872. A. inglisii Royle, Illus Bot. Himal. 53. 1834. A. scrobiculata Boiss., Fl. Or. 1: 17.
1867; Hook. f. & Thomson, l.c. 15.
Herbs, erect, up to 30 cm high; stems simple or branched, glabrous, leafy. Leaves
decompound, pianate with filiform segments. Rowers terminal, solitary, 1 - 2 cm across,
scarlet with a dark purple eye or yellow with dark purple centre. Sepals glabrous. Petals
5 -
8, spreading, slightly larger than sepals. Achenes 5 -
6 mm long, clustered in an ovoid
or oblong head, angular, pitted with a network of depressions and one or two teeth on
the inner angle near the beak, surrounded near the broad base with a flattened winged
collar.
Fl. & Fr. April- May.
Distrib. India: As a weed in cultivated fields, 1200 - 3000 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Europe, N, Asia, C. Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal.
Fl. & Fr. April- May.
Distrib. India: As a weed in cultivated fields, 1200 - 3000 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Europe, N, Asia, C. Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal.