Adonis aestivalis L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 771 1762. (Syn: Adonis aestivalis subsp. aestivalis ….; Adonis ambigua Gaudin .; Adonis annua var. phoenicea L.; Adonis autumnalis M.Bieb.; Adonis bienertii Butkov ex Riedl.; Adonis citrina Hoffm.; Adonis crinita Hoffm.; Adonis cristata Stapf; Adonis flammea Schleich. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Adonis flava Vill.; Adonis inermis Stapf; Adonis inglisii Royle; Adonis linnaei Sennen; Adonis maculata Wallr. …; Adonis micrantha DC.; Adonis miniata Jacq.; Adonis polymorpha Zumagl.; Adonis scrobiculata subsp. velutina (Lipsky) C.H.Steinb. ex Rech.f.; Adonis squarrosa Steven; Cosmarium aestivale Dulac);
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Common name: Pheasant’s Eye, Summer Pheasant’s Eye, Summer Adonis
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Annual herb up to 50 cm tall with simple stem or branched in upper part, glabrous; leaves finely divided into linear segments 1-1.5 mm wide; lower leaves petiolate, upper sessile; flower terminal, up to 25 mm across, red with darker centre; sepals 5-8, ovate to oblong; petals almost twice as long as sepals, oblong to obovate, red with black base, rarely yellow or white; achenes 4-7 mm long, in dense spike.
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Adonis aestivalis L. Family: Ranunculaceae
Erect, annual herb, 30-50 cm tall. Stems leafy, simple or branched, nearly glabrous.  Leaves alternate, sessile, pinnately divided into
thread like segments. Flowers scarlet or golden yellow with dark purple eye, solitary at end of branches. Sepals 5, green or slightly coloured, soon falling off. Petals 5 to 8, rather larger than sepals.

Flw: May
Recorded from Udaipur, Lahaul Valley, Dist Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal
Elevation: 2616m


Yes … One of the really beautiful weeds.


Small but lovely looking plant gorgeous!! Nice photo



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Ranunculaceae Fortnight: Adonis aestivalis from Kashmir-GSJAN15/15 : 1 post by 1 author.
Adonis aestivalis L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2:771. 1762.
Annual herb up to 50 cm tall with simple stem or branched in upper part, glabrous; leaves finely divided into linear segments 1-1.5 mm wide; lower leaves petiolate, upper sessile; flower terminal, up to 25 mm across, red with darker centre; sepals 5-8, ovate to oblong; petals almost twice as long as sepals, oblong to obovate, red with black base, rarely yellow or white; achenes 4-7 mm long, in dense spike.
Herbarium specimen collected from Dachhigam, Kashmir. Hope some ones uploads live photograph.

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ID please: 1 high res. images.
Location Kishtwar town


First one is Adonis aestivalis
Please upload different plants in separate posts with different subject lines, otherwise posts get mixed up.


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ID please 120223WZ1: 1 high res. image.
Location Kishtwar town


Appears to be
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/02/adonis-aestivalis


Yes Adonis aestivalis as mentioned by me in another post.


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ID required: 1 very high res. image.
Location Kishtwar town


Is it flowering these days or is it an older picture?
in Srinagar Adonis flowers in spring

I think Adonis aestivalis var. citrina Hoffm. & J.F. Lehm. (yellow) as per
https://www.researchgate.two-color-variants
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/ Summer-pheasants-eye-Adonis-aestivalis in-two-color-variants-var-aestivalis fig1_355808746


Yes Adonis aestivalis


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ID please 120223WZ8: 1 very high res. image.
Location Kishtwar town


I think Adonis aestivalis var. citrina Hoffm. & J.F. Lehm. (yellow) as per
https://www.researchgate.two-color-variants
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/ Summer-pheasants-eye-Adonis-aestivalis in-two-color-variants-var-aestivalis fig1_355808746


Looks good.


Yes it is


 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  GRIN  Flora of China  Flora of Pakistan  FOP illustration  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora  Wikipedia