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Lesser Celandine
Lesser Celandine
Ficaria verna
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Europe and West Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Bulbs
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A low-growing spring ephemeral that carpets woodland floors with glossy heart-shaped leaves and bright yellow star-shaped blossoms. It vanishes completely above ground by early summer, surviving the rest of the year as underground tubers.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ficaria
Species
Ficaria verna