Distribution: Introduced from Europe as an ornamental and occasionaly escaping; uncommon in Washington.
Habitat: Disturbed soil near gardens.
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Glabrous annual, the stem simple or branched above, 2-6 dm. tall.
Leaves alternate, bipinnately dissected into narrow, linear segments, the lower leaves sessile.
Flowers showy, regular, single on naked peduncles; sepals 5, greenish, rounded; petals 5-10, red, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, about twice the length of the sepals, spreading; stamens blue, numerous; pistils numerous.
Achene
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 547. 1753. 1753.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Adonis annua in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Adonis annua checklist entry
OregonFlora: Adonis annua information
E-Flora BC: Adonis annua atlas page
CalPhotos: Adonis annua photos
