Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala
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Species Description
A rare garden escape.
Stace 4:
Ssp. chrysocephala (P.D. Sell) Stace (Ranunculus ficaria ssp. chrysocephalus P.D. Sell).
Tubers not formed in leaf-axils; full head of ripe achenes usually produced; achenes mostly 3-4 x 2-2.5mm; petals mostly 18-25 x 9-15mm; 2n=32 (tetraploid). Neophyte-naturalised; garden escape scattered in England North to Salop, Moray, Channel Islands; East Mediterranean.
Key:
- Tubers absent from leaf-axils after flowering period
- Petals 18-25 x 9-15mm