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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