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Taxon: Ficaria verna Huds.

Genus: Ficaria
Family: Ranunculaceae subfamily: Ranunculoideae tribe: Ranunculeae.
Nomen number: 446783
Place of publication: Fl. angl. 214. 1762
Name verified on: 07-Jul-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2011
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CT(as Ranunculus ficaria)*, MA(as Ranunculus ficaria)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

Common names:

  • fig buttercup   (Source: PLANTS [as Ranunculus ficaria]) – English
  • lesser celandine   (Source: World Econ Pl [as Ranunculus ficaria]) – English
  • pilewort   (Source: Hortus 3 [as Ranunculus ficaria]) – English
  • ficaire   (Source: F NAmer [as Ranunculus ficaria]) – French
  • renoncule ficaire   (Source: F NAmer [as Ranunculus ficaria]) – French
  • Scharbockskraut   (Source: Zander Ency [as Ranunculus ficaria]) – German
  • svalört   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia [s.w.]
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland [s.]; Ireland; Norway; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Emadzade, K. et al. 2010. A molecular phylogeny, morphology and classification of genera of Ranunculeae (Ranunculaceae). Taxon 59:823.
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. [= Ranunculus ficaria L.].
  • Jonsell, B., ed. 2000. Flora nordica. [= Ranunculus ficaria L.].
  • Strid, A. & K. Tan, eds. 1997–. Flora hellenica. [= Ranunculus ficaria L.].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. [= Ranunculus ficaria L.].
  • USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
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Synonyms:


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Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?446783 (18 June 2013)

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