General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 4 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Tuber
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Basal bulbils
Pollinators: Beetles
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Pilewort
  • Fig Buttercup
  • Lesser Celandine
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ficaria verna subsp. verna
  • Synonym: Ranunculus ficaria

Photo Gallery
Location: St Louis
Date: 2020-03-28
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2009-03-28

Date: 2008-02-25
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2004-04-29
While this is an old photo we all know it is everywhere now :-)
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: Garden
Date: 2018-04-17
This plant makes excellent ground cover in a semi shade position
Location: British Columbia
Date: March 2013
Brazen Hussy
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Garden
Date: 2018-04-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Mar 3, 2012 2:17 PM concerning plant:
    Introduced by Christopher Lloyd.
    Mounds of glossy purple black leaves covered with shining gold flowers in the spring contrast well together.

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