Pheasant's Eye: 5 Petal Flower

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Buttercups (Ranunculales)

Family:

Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Pheasant's Eye (Adonis microcarpa)

This Photo:

🔍5 Petal Flower🔎

Other names:

Red Chamomile or Yellow Pheasant's Eye

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere
Plant ~110mm high. Flowers ~16mm diameter, are often red, but can also have yellow petals.
At one time a declared weed, but has been removed from the list.
They can have 5-15 petals, makes it hard to find an id. 5 sepals though.
This is the only species in the genus in Australia.

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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