Adonis palaestina, Adonis aestivalis,
Palestine Pheasant's Eye, דמומית ארץ-ישראלית
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| | Scientific name: |
| Adonis palaestinaBoiss. |
| Synonym name: |
| Adonis aestivalis L. |
| Common name: |
| Palestine Pheasant's Eye |
| Hebrew name: |
| דמומית ארץ-ישראלית |
| Family: |
| Ranunculaceae, נוריתיים |
Date Picture Taken: April 8, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, dissected twice or more, dentate or serrate |
| Flowers: |
| Red |
| Flowering Period: |
| February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: April 8, 2008
Derivation of the botanical name:
Adonis, Αδωνιϛ, ιδοϛ, "god of plants", beautiful youth killed by wild boar and changed into a flower by Aphrodite.
palaestina, Palestine, Eretz-Israel, Israel.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
H.B.Tristram, The Natural History of the Bible: "Almost a rival of the Anemone in brillancy, though less common and smaller, is the scarlet Ranunculus asiaticus, and in the open fields and plains of the Jordan, the large Pheasant's Eye (Adonis palestina)."
According to H.B.Tristram, the true "floral glories of Palestine" are the pheasant's eye (Adonis Palestina), the ranunuculus (R. Asiaticus), and the anemone (A coronaria).
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