Flora of the Southeastern United States

*Ficaria verna Hudson ssp. verna. Common name: Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings. Distribution: Native of Europe. Naturalized in the US in Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (Post et al. 2009), and certainly more widely.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Stace (2021); = Ficaria verna Hudson — Banfi, Galasso, & Soldano (2011); = n/a — Il, RAB, S, Tat; = Ranunculus ficaria L. ssp. bulbilifer Lambinon — Sell (1994); = Ranunculus ficaria L. ssp. ficaria — POWO; < Ficaria verna Hudson — Can, Mi, Va; < Ranunculus ficaria L. — C, F, FNA3, G, Pa, Tn, WV; < Ranunculus ficaria L. var. bulbifera Marsden-Jones — K1; > Ranunculus ficaria L. var. bulbifera Marsden-Jones — NS; > Ranunculus ficaria L. var. ficaria — NS. Basionym: Ficaria verna Hudson 1762 "Urbasionym:" Ranunculus ficaria L. 1753

Links to other floras: < Ranunculus ficaria - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)