Ficaria verna ssp verna Huds.
(a lesser celandine)

Interactions where Ficaria verna ssp verna is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces ficariae Bitter Chocolate Rust, Celandine Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces ficariae/Uromyces ficariaebitter chocolate rust, celandine rustamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ficaria verna subsp. verna/Ficaria verna subsp. vernaa lesser celandineliveleaf (3-5)amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by telium Uromyces ficariae Bitter Chocolate Rust, Celandine Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces ficariae/Uromyces ficariaebitter chocolate rust, celandine rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ficaria verna subsp. verna/Ficaria verna subsp. vernaa lesser celandinelivepetiole (3-5)telium parasitises live petiole

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ficaria verna ssp verna (a lesser celandine) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesFicaria verna ssp verna (a lesser celandine)
SpeciesFicaria verna (Lesser Celandine)
GenusFicaria (lesser celandine)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ficaria verna ssp verna (a lesser celandine)

Ficaria verna ssp verna (a lesser celandine) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ficaria verna ssp verna (a lesser celandine):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 22 images of Ficaria verna ssp verna (a lesser celandine)

A common garden weed (the bulbils are particularly effective propagules!) although also found in wild places, especially where disturbed (eg river banks).

1. Bulbils, like small grains of wheat, in the leaf axils after flowering. (Very tiny pale bulbils are often visible while still in flower if a lower leaf is peeled back.)

2. Partial sterility: most pollen grains empty and few (≤6 per head) ripe fruits formed. (Beware of heads which have already shed achenes).

Leaves shallowly lobed.

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