Citation: DC., Reg. Veg. Syst. Nat. 1:223 (1817).

Synonymy: A. autumnalis sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 364 (1948), non L.; A. annua L. and A. aestivalis L. were thought-by H. Eichler, Suppl. 149-150 (1965), possibly to be names applicable to S. Aust. specimens but were shown by Kloot (1976) not to be.

Common name: Pheasants eye.

Description:
Annual, 10-50 cm high; stem erect and usually branched; leaves 3-pinnate, with linear acute segments, to 6 cm long, glabrous.

Flowers terminal on stem and branches, 15-25 mm diam.; sepals appressed to spreading, ovate-oblong, 5-12 mm long, glabrous, a dark purplish brown; petals 5-15, suberect, obovate, longer than the sepals, usually yellow, rarely bright-red, with a black basal spot; anthers dark-purple.

Achenes 2.5-4 mm long, arranged in a head c. 15-25 mm long, each with a short straight green beak, the upper projection on the inner margin close to the beak.

	Adonis microcarpa twig, petal, stamens and fruits.
Image source: fig 195a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  In S.Aust. it occurs as a weed mainly in barley and wheat fields in the NL and northern YP regions. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE.   All mainland States.   Native to southern Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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