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Celandina menor. Lesser celandine

Ranunculus ficaria

Photo by Isabela
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Description:

Yellow flowers with 8-10 petals and usually 3 sepals. Long ascending flower stalks. Many minutely hairy achenes. Glossy hairless leaves, long-stalked, cordate, mainly basal. Creeping, rooting stems. Rootstock is mass of white tubers.

Habitat:

Frequent throughout Ireland and can be locally abundant. Prefers damp soils, woods, roadsides, fields.

Notes:

Aran Islands

Reference Links:

Lesser celandine

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