This plant likes to grow on the margins of cultivated fields which is exactly where we found this plant. As the vast bulk of cultivation in this part of Europe is under acres of polythene, this was the only recently cultivated field and the only example of Adonis microcarpa we saw on our short holiday in the southern deserts of Spain.

Arable field near Carboneras, Southern Spain 19th March 2007

Added on May 9th 2007, Validated 19th December 2007, updated 21st June 2008, corrected (D Shaw) 28th June, updated Feb 10th 2010, updated 26th Feb 2012