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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ficaria   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Ranunculus ficaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Notes on systematics and taxonomy for the Italian vascular flora (Banfi, Galasso, & Soldano; 2011)

Ficaria calthifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)

Ranunculus ficaria ssp. calthifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort


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image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rafi_001_lvd

        

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

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image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

Sturm, Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen    wik_r_ficaria_sturm59

        

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image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_005

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

Leaves crowded at base with few on short stems; petioles to 10cm long, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_913

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_952

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

Leaves crowded at base, few on stems, up to 4cm x 4cm, per Ranunculus ficaria L. sensu lato (Sell 1994).

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_980b

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

Flowers up to 30mm in diameter; petals 10-15mm x 2.5-6mm, contiguous, per Ranunculus ficaria L. sensu lato (Sell 1994).

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_980c

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

Sepals spreading, saccate [pouch-like] at extreme base, glabrous, per Flora of North America.

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_982b

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_986

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_996

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140305_997

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140307_039

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

Abundant fingerlike tubers easily visible when plants are pulled up, per Plant Conservation Alliance.

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140307_044

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

image of Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia, Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

JK Marlow    jkm140307_055

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Renaissance Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ficaria   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Ranunculus ficaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Notes on systematics and taxonomy for the Italian vascular flora (Banfi, Galasso, & Soldano; 2011)
Ficaria calthifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. calthifolius

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3671

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east central & southeast Europe

Uncommon

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3-5 sepals
Typically 8 petals (ranging from six to twenty-six)
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Aggregate of achenes

 

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