Species name: Lesser celandine - Ficaria verna Huds. [1]
Synonyms: Ranunculus ficaria L. [1]
Plant family: Buttercup - Ranunculaceae [1]
Morphology:
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Plant height: up to 30 cm [1].
Flowers: yellow, glossy, 2-3 cm in diameter [1].
Stalk: erected [1].
Leaves: flashy [1].
Roots: under the ground level lesser has tubers [1].
Biology:
Life duration: perennial [1].
Florescence: march - may (III-V) [1].
Propagation:vegetative and generative [1].
Cultivation:
Place: sunny [1]
Soil and substrate: fertile, mid-wet, with humus [1].
Other information:
Young leaves can be eaten, but older leaves are toxic [1].
Photographs:
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Lesser celandine |
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Lesser celandine |
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Lesser celandine |
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Lesser celandine |
Similar plants:
 | Eranthis hyemalis (L.) Salisb. |
Source:
- Cincura F., Ferakova V., Majovsky J., Somsak L., Zaborsky J., . Pospolite rośliny środkowej Europy. PWRiL, Warszawa.