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Key to Ficaria

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1 Leaves up to 8 cm long and 9 cm wide; petioles up to 28 cm long; petals 17-26 mm long, 4-15 (-18) mm wide; achenes 3-5 mm long, 2-3.5 mm wide.
  2 Stem robust and erect; bulbils absent in leaf axils after flowering; petals 9-15 (-18) mm wide
  2 Stem rather robust, but straggling; bulbils present in leaf axils after flowering; petals 4-12 mm wide
1 Leaves up to 4 cm long and 4 cm wide (rarely slightly larger); petioles up to 15 cm long; petals 6-20 mm long, 2-9 mm wide; achenes 2.5-3.5 mm long, 1.7-2.2 mm wide.
    3 Leaves crowded at base with few on short stems; petiole to 10 cm long; petals 2.5-6 mm wide
    3 Leaves less crowded at base and more numerous on the elongating stem; petiole to 15 cm long (at least some on a plant > 10 cm long); petals 2-9 mm wide.
      4 Bulbils not present in leaf axils after flowering; achenes well-developed; petals 4-9 mm wide
      4 Bulbils present in leaf axils after flowering; achenes poorly developed (rarely fertile, and then only several per flower); petals 2-5 mm wide