Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : ficve
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Ficaria verna Hudson., Ficaria ranunculoides Roth.
Classification: Ranunculaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: lesser celandine
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Scharbockskraut ; ES : celedonia mayor ; FR : ficaire fausse renoncule ; IT : ranuncolo favagello ; PT : erva-hemorroidal ; EN : lesser celandine ;
Biological type: Perennial with tubers
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- Plant propagates vegetatively (tubers, bulbils...); establishment from seedling is rare.
- Height: 10-30 cm.
- Stem: hairless as the whole plant, more or less erect.
- Leaves entire, shining, obcordate blade, long-stalked, with sheathing base, often alternate, with a lengthened brown blotch.
- Flowers bright-yellow, stellate, sepals 3, petals 6-12 yellow shiny above. Flowers slightly swollen at base and easily falling. Carpels very often sterile. Seeds often aborting; production of aerial bulbils.
- Plant toxic. Rare in crops.
- Biological type: perennial with tubers.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Present
