Ranunculus ficaria

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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