| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus ficaria L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 550 (1753) |
| Native Range | Canary Islands, Europe to Medit. and Kazakhstan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves ovate to reniform, petiolate, lobate, 1-6cm long, base of petiole dilated, membranous, flowers 12-40mm across, petals obovate or oblong |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| 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 hiranoi Tamura Ficaria ambigua Boreau Ficaria aperta Schur Ficaria bulbifera Holub Ficaria communis J.St.-Hil. Ficaria fertilis (A.R.Clapham ex Laegaard) Galasso & al. Ficaria ficaria (L.) H.Karst Ficaria polypetala Gilib. Ficaria ranunculiflora Moench ex St.-Lag. Ficaria ranunculoides Roth Ficaria ranunculoides var. aperta Schur Ficaria ranunculoides var. bulbifera Schur Ficaria ranunculoides var. divergens F.W.Schultz Ficaria ranunculoides var. fertilissima Schur Ficaria ranunculoides var. immaculata Schur Ficaria ranunculoides var. nigromaculata Schur Ficaria ranunculoides var. sinuatodentata Schur Ficaria ranunculoides var. stellata Schur Ficaria rotundifolia Schur Ficaria verna Huds. Ficaria verna var. bulbifera Desp. Ficaria verna ssp. bulbifera (Holub) Soó & Borhidi Ficaria verna f. dentata (Beck) A.Nyár. Ficaria verna f. divergens Font Quer Ficaria verna f. dolichopetala (Zapal.) Soó Ficaria verna f. elongata (Zapal.) Soó Ficaria verna ssp. fertilis (A.R.Clapham ex Laegaard) Stace Ficaria verna f. humilis (Neilr.) Soó Ficaria verna f. marmorata Priszter Ficaria verna f. nigromaculata (Schur) A.Nyár. Ficaria verna f. podolica (Zapal.) Soó Ficaria verna f. polypetala (Zapal.) Soó Ficaria verna f. sinuatodentata (Schur) Soó & Borhidi Ficaria vulgaris J.St.-Hil. Ranunculus claviformis Dulac Ranunculus fertilis (A.R.Clapham ex Laegaard) Landolt Ranunculus ficaria var. aurantiacus Turrill Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbifer Lawalrée Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifer Albert Ranunculus ficaria f. cordifolius Neilr. Ranunculus ficaria f. dentatus Beck Ranunculus ficaria f. divergens F.W.Schulz Ranunculus ficaria var. divergens Syme Ranunculus ficaria f. dolichopetalus Zapal. Ranunculus ficaria f. elongatus Zapal Ranunculus ficaria ssp. fertilis A.R.Clapham ex Laegaard Ranunculus ficaria var. humilis Neilr. Ranunculus ficaria f. nigromaculata (Schur) Gajic Ranunculus ficaria var. obtusissimus H.Lindb. Ranunculus ficaria var. peltiformis Neilr. Ranunculus ficaria var. podolicus Zapal. Ranunculus ficaria f. polypetalus Zapal. Ranunculus ficaria var. sinuatus Horw. Ranunculus praecox Salisb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |
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