BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer Lambinon (a lesser celandine)

Notes (MWS)	A common garden weed (the bulbils are particularly effective propagules!) although also found in wild places, especially where disturbed (eg river banks).
Field indications	Leaves shallowly lobed.
Diagnostic features	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 whch have already shed achenes).

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer	In flower	28 March 2005	Berks	England	3
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer	In flower	28 March 2005	Berks	England	8
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer	Plant	10 May 1998	Berks	England		6

Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer may be covered by literature listed under:

Associated with Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer:

	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium	Uromyces ficariae - Bitter Chocolate Rust, Celandine Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	petiole (live)	live petiole is parasitised by telium	Uromyces ficariae - Bitter Chocolate Rust, Celandine Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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