| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus ficarioides Bory & Chaub. |
| Synonyms | Ficaria ficarioides (Bory & Chaub.) Halácsy |
| Ficaria peloponnesiaca Nyman | |
| Habitat | snow patches |
| Description | glabrous, leaves ovate-cordate, incised lobate, lobes ovate-lanceolate, tridentate, flowers solitary, sepals whitish, petals 7-9, narrowly oblong, 9-12mm long |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece , Kriti ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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