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.
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Sources
Chappuis, E. (2014). Ficaria verna (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164471/55735247
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 946). Biotope.