Adonis vernalis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 222

1. A. vernalis L. , Sp. Pl. 547 (1753) . 10-40 cm. Stem scaly at base. Cauline leaves sessile, not or scarcely longer than wide, 2-pinnatisect into linear, entire lobes. Flowers 4-8 cm in dia­ meter. Sepals I as long as petals, broadly obovate, pubescent. Petals 10-20, elliptic. Achenes c. 3-5 mm, almost globose, reticulately rugose and rather densely pubescent; beak short, curved and appressed to achene. 2/z= 16. E., C. & S. Europe, extending northwards to C. Ural and S.E. Sweden (Gotland). Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Su.