Blooddrops

Adonis aestivalis

WA monitor Ranunculaceae

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Washington State Classification

Monitor List

This plant is on the monitor list - it is not a listed noxious weed in Washington.

Quick Reference

Type
annual herb
Origin
Asia, Europe and Northern Africa

Identification

Growth Habit

Herbaceous, upright annual that can grow to 18 inches (45cm) tall.

Leaves

Leaves are finely divided, 2-3 pinnate, and are 1 1/4 to 2 inches (3-5cm) long. Leaflets are linear.

Flowers

Flowers are cup-shaped, 0.6 to 1 inch (1.5-2.5 cm) in diameter. Its sepals are appressed to the petals. Sepals broadly obovate, minutely ciliate (hairy). Flowers have 6-10 spreading petals, dark red (orange to red-purple), usually with a dark basal blotch. Stamens 15-20, anthers purple-black when young, and pistils 20-30.

Fruit & Seeds

Fruit is a head of achenes, short-cylindric, with each achene 3-5 mm, hairless, beak straight 0.5-1 mm. Body of achene without transverse flange, abaxial keel not toothed.

Impact

This plant is on the monitor list - it is not a listed noxious weed in Washington. Please contact the Noxious Weed Control Board, noxiousweeds@agr.wa.gov ,  to report locations or for more information.

Ecology & Spread

Habitat

Disturbed sites and open forests

Spread Mechanisms

seed

Reproduction

Seed only

Control Methods

Mechanical

Regional Notes — Puget Sound

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