. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PI. 547. 1753- Erect, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnately dissected into numerous linear segments. Flowers yellow or red, solitary, terminal. Petals 5-16, conspicuous. Car- pels 00, i-ovuled. Achenes capitate or spicate, rugose-reticulated, tipped with the persistent styles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus, changed int
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ADONIS [Dill.] L. Sp. PI. 547. 1753- Erect, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnately dissected into numerous linear segments. Flowers yellow or red, solitary, terminal. Petals 5-16, conspicuous. Car- pels 00, i-ovuled. Achenes capitate or spicate, rugose-reticulated, tipped with the persistent styles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus, changed into a flower.] ; ~(/," A genus of showy-flowered plants, natives of ^ '•''\ _ the north temperate regions of Europe and Asia, consisting of the following and about five other v- " - species. Type species : Adonis annua L. I. Adonis annua L. Pheasant's or Bird's Eye. Fig. 1941. Adonis annua L. Sp. PI. 547. I753- Adonis autumnalis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 771. 1763. -Annual, erect, i''-2° high, branched, gla- brous. Leaves finally dissected, the lower petioled, the upper sessile, the segments acute; sepals smooth, deciduous; flowers 9"-i8" broad, nearly globular, orange or red, the petals obovate, and darker colored at the base; achenes spicate. Commonly cultivated for ornament; sponta- neous in gardens and occasionally escaped into waste places, especially southward. Fugitive from Europe. Summer. Adonis'-flower. Red- morocco. Camomile.
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