adonis

adonis amurensis a.k.a. fukujusoo bought in pots to be placed in the tokonoma This is the legend: princess kuno was to marry a mole faithless bride she ran away found hid in the grass where the mole dug her out returned to the earth became this beautiful flower these days grown in a pot.

adonis vernalis a.k.a. pheasant's eye like a buttercup adonis greets the year anew fresh yellow speared by a boar his blood drips on the ground turning yellow red

Adonis vernalis, a.k.a. spring pheasant's eye Adonis is a genus of about 20–30 species of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe and Asia. Adonis autumnalis - pheasant's-eye or blooddrops Adonis bobroviana Adonis chrysocyathus Adonis coerulea Adonis cyllenea Adonis davidii Adonis dentata Adonis distorta Adonis flammea Adonis microcarpa Adonis nepalensis Adonis palaestina Adonis pyrenaica from the Pyrenees, Adonis ramosa Adonis sibirica Adonis sutchuenensis Adonis tianschanica Adonis vernalis - spring pheasant's-eye Adonis volgensis

pale Spring sunshine lights up the grass - pheasant's eye in flower ray of sunshine brightens rays of pheasant's eye

Written for a prompt at CarpeDiem