Ranunculus ficaria

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Read about Ranunculus ficaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ranunculus ficaria, Linn. (Ficaria Ficaria, Karst). Perennial: roots fleshy, thickened: sts. short, decumbent, branched at base, often with bulblets in the lf.-axils: lvs. 1-2 in. long, ovate, cordate, crenate (sometimes entire), somewhat fleshy; petioles long, broad: fls. solitary, golden yellow, about 1 in. across; sepals 3. spreading, oval, concave; petals 8-9, scale at base of petal emarginate: achenes 15-20, in a globose head, very convex, truncate, short-puberulent; receptacle glabrous. April, May. Eu., adventive in N. Amer., Mass, to D.C. B.B. (ed. 2), 2:117. Var. flore-pleno, Hort., is a double-fld. form. Var. grandiflorus, Hort., is merely a large-fld. form. J.H. III. 53:371. Var. ochroleucus, Hort., is a form with whitish yellow fls., offered in the trade.


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