lesser celandine, fig buttercup
Ficaria verna Huds.
Resources
- Fact Sheet - Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas - Plant Conservation Alliance
- Invasive Plant Atlas of New England - University of Connecticut
- Weed of the Week - USDA Forest Service
- Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas - National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Representative Images(View more at Forestry Images)
![]() 2308044 lesser celandine, fig buttercup Ficaria verna Flower(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
![]() 5274015 lesser celandine, fig buttercup Ficaria verna Fruit(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
![]() 5274016 lesser celandine, fig buttercup Ficaria verna Root(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
![]() 5308068 lesser celandine, fig buttercup Ficaria verna Plant(s) USDA PLANTS Database |
Invasive Listing Sources
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 1994.
- Connecticut Invasive Plant List
- Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
- Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control, 2004
- EDDMapS Ontario
- Faith Campbell, 1998
- Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns, Eds. 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources, Bureau of Endangered Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
- Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
- Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. 2003. Invasive Plant Control in Maryland. Home and Garden Information Center, Home and Garden Mimeo HG88. 4 pp.
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 1994
- Massachusetts Noxious Weeds
- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005
- Native Plant Society of Oregon, 2008
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, 2004
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, Pennsylvania.
- Tatyana Livschultz, Pennsylvania survey of invasive plants,
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2009
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: Magnoliidae |
| Order: Ranunculales |
| Family: Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: Ficaria |
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
lesser celandine, pilewort
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| Ranunculus ficaria L. | (Synonym) |
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