''Adonis amurensis'', commonly known as Amur adonis and pheasant's eye, is a perennial plant with a golden yellow flower belonging to the

Ranunculales Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group kno ...

order, and native to China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Japan (Hokkaido), Korea, and Russian Far East (Primorye, Amur, Sakhalin). The Japanese name Fukujusō means fortune-longevity-plant.De Garis ''We Japanese'' Page 561 1136183671 - 2013 "FUKUJUSO OR ADONIS AMURENSIS Fukujuso (福寿草) means, as the characters stand, “fortune-longevity-plant”, and moreover it is suggestive of gold with its yellow flowers. It is a symbol of wealth in Japan, and therefore it is much used at the time \ of New Year. Many Japanese families will have potted Fukujuso-flowers in the alcove in the New Year because of their suggestion of gold. .

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amurensis Flora of Japan Flora of Amur Oblast Plants described in 1861 Flora of Korea Flora of Manchuria Flora of Primorsky Krai Flora of Khabarovsk Krai {{Japan-garden-stub