| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus ficariiformis F.W.Schulz |
| Bibliography | Arch. Fl. 123 (1855) |
| Native Range | Canary Islands, Medit. to Moldova |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | stems erect, leaves cordate, entire or obscurely dentate, 1-6cm long, 2-7cm wide, nitid, flowers solitary, leaflets of corolla 17-26mm, sepals yellow-white |
| Size | 15-45cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Caltha grandiflora (Robert) Rob. Ficaria calthifolia ssp. grandiflora (Robert) Trinajstić Ficaria degenii Harv. Ficaria ficariiformis (Rouy & Foucaud) A.W.Hill Ficaria grandiflora Robert Ficaria grandiflora var. divergens F.W.Schultz Ficaria grandiflora var. incumbens F.W.Schultz Ficaria ranunculoides ssp. grandiflora (Robert) H.J.Coste Ficaria ranunculoides var. grandiflora (Robert) F.W.Schultz Ficaria ranunculoides f. parviflora Peterm. Ficaria robertii F.W.Schultz Ficaria verna var. africana Pau Ficaria verna f. disjuncta Pau Ficaria verna ssp. ficariiformis (Rouy & Foucaud) Maire Ficaria verna ssp. grandiflora (Robert) Hayek Ficaria verna var. grandiflora (Robert) Pau Ficaria verna var. intermedia (Ball) Font Quer Ficaria verna f. micraster (Beck) A.Nyár. Ficaria verna f. parviflora (Peterm.) Soó Ranunculus ficaria var. bessarabicus Zapal. Ranunculus ficaria f. crenatoloba Strobl Ranunculus ficaria f. disjunctus (Pau) Jahand. & Maire Ranunculus ficaria ssp. grandiflorus (Robert) Cout. Ranunculus ficaria var. grandiflorus (Robert) Strobl Ranunculus ficaria f. intermedius (Ball) Maire Ranunculus ficaria var. intermedius Ball Ranunculus ficaria f. luxurians Moss Ranunculus ficaria f. micraster Beck Ranunculus ficaria f. subintegra Strobl |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |