Acute-tip adonis is a yellow early-spring wildflower of Japan and South Korea's Jeju Island, with leaves cut into threadlike segments. It is not found growing wild in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- The stems branch and carry several yellow flowers. The stems are hollow, and the leaves are cut into very narrow, threadlike segments.
- Growth form
- A perennial that flowers in early spring.
- Flowers
- The are only about half as long as the petals. In most other adonis species in Japan, sepals and petals are about the same length.
- Fruit
- Small fruits cluster into a roughly round head.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- mountain woods
- Range
- Native to Honshu and Kyushu in Japan and to Jeju Island in South Korea.
Cautions
- Cautions
- Plants in this genus are poisonous. Do not eat any part.
Conservation
- Conservation
- Listed as Near Threatened on Japan's national Red List. In parts of Japan, digging plants for gardens and forests growing too shady are main causes of decline.
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