NameThatPlant.net: Ficaria verna ssp. chrysocephala

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ficaria verna ssp. chrysocephala FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria

COMMON NAME:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ficaria verna ssp. chrysocephala FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria

3672

Forb
Perennial

Non-native: eastern Mediterranean Europe

Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

FRUIT:
Aggregate of achenes

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