Characteristics
Ficaria verna Huds.
lesser celandine
Floodplain forests and thickets, low woods, ditches, roadsides, and disturbed sites. Primarily in partly shaded to shaded mesic to wet-mesic disturbed or weedy habitats. Often forming very large dense patches.
Forb/herb
Perennial
Vascular
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Not Native Naturalized FAC (NWPL EMP) FACW (NWPL NCNE) SNA (State Rank) GNRTNR (Global Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Ranunculales
Ficaria verna Huds. - lesser celandine
Citation
Ficaria verna Huds.
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo By: Julie Lundgren. Photo taken: Cayuga, NY: 1 May 2019 -
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Photo By: Julie Lundgren. Photo taken: Monroe, NY: 5 May 2019 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Nassau, NY: 11 April 2017 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Monroe, NY: 23 April 2008 -
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 16 Apr 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 16 Apr 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 30 Apr 2008 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 30 Apr 2008 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 30 Apr 2008 - 1
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