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Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala

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Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala dylan Bristol 6 Mar 2023, 7:29 p.m. 6 Mar 2023, 7:03 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala dylan Bristol 6 Mar 2023, 7:29 p.m. 6 Mar 2023, 7:04 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala dylan Bristol 6 Mar 2023, 7:29 p.m. 6 Mar 2023, 7:04 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala dylan Bristol 6 Mar 2023, 7:29 p.m. 6 Mar 2023, 7:04 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala dylan Bristol 6 Mar 2023, 7:29 p.m. 6 Mar 2023, 7:05 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. chrysocephala dylan Bristol 6 Mar 2023, 7:29 p.m. 6 Mar 2023, 7:05 p.m.

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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

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