Ficaria verna {Ranunculus ficaria] Hudson 1762 (Family Ranunculaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-25cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - May
(Earliest: 14.3)
Protective Chemicals |
Sesquiterpenoids |
Protoanemonin |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Kleidotoma tetratoma |
Gonepteryx rhamni |
Aglais urticae |
|
Scathophaga stercoraria |
Cheilosia pagana |
Phorbia fumigata |
Fannia scalaris |
|
Geomyza tripunctata |
Lamiogethes difficilis |
Sagittogethes ovatus |
Parasites: |
Uromyces dactylidis |
Phytomyza ranunculi |
Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Mesotype didymata |
Monophadnus pallescens Larva |
|
Sciapteryx consobrina Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Lesser Celandine
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey
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