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Ficaria verna Huds., 1762

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Lesser Celandine
  • 🇫🇷 Ficaire printanière, Renoncule ficaire

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
  • Tribe: Ranunculeae
  • Genus: Ficaria
  • Species: Ficaria verna

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with F. grandiflora Robert, 1838, whose flowers have broad petals (> 6mm), while those of F. verna have narrow petals (≤ 6 mm).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • F. verna subsp. bulbifera Á.Löve & D.Löve, 1961;
  • F. verna subsp. verna Huds., 1762, P.

Photographs

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Ficaria verna
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Ficaria verna
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Ficaria verna
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Ficaria verna
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Ficaria verna
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Ficaria verna
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Ficaria verna - Leaves
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Ficaria verna - Leaf
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Ficaria verna - Flower bud

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