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Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna

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Lesser Celandine 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.
Lesser Celandine 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.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna dylan Petherbridge Way Open Space to Bonnington Walk 25 Sep 2024, 7:42 p.m. 5 May 2022, 3:20 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna dylan Petherbridge Way Open Space to Bonnington Walk 25 Sep 2024, 7:42 p.m. 5 May 2022, 3:21 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna dylan Petherbridge Way Open Space to Bonnington Walk 25 Sep 2024, 7:42 p.m. 5 May 2022, 3:21 p.m.
Lesser Celandine Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna subsp. verna dylan Petherbridge Way Open Space to Bonnington Walk 25 Sep 2024, 7:42 p.m. 5 May 2022, 3:22 p.m.

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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