Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna
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Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna | dylan | Floating Harbour and River Avon | 15 Feb 2024, 11:49 p.m. | 10 Mar 2023, 3:29 p.m. | |
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Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna | dylan | Floating Harbour and River Avon | 15 Feb 2024, 11:49 p.m. | 10 Mar 2023, 3:33 p.m. |
Species Description
Common and widespread throughout the UK.
Stace 4:
Ssp. verna (Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer Lambinion, ssp. bulbifer Lawalrée nom. illeg., var. bulbifera Marsden-Jones nom. illeg.).
Tubers formed in leaf-axils after anthesis; 0 or few (rarely >6) ripe achenes produced in each head; petals mostly 6-11 x 2-5mm; 2n=32 (tetraploid); mean no. chloroplasts per stomatal guard-cell about 24-28. Native; almost throughout British Isles, but apparently absent from Shetland and Channel Islands.'
Key:
- Cream coloured tubers present in leaf-axils after flowering period
- Well-developed achenes 0-6 per head; petals mostly <15mm; pollen-grains mostly empty