Lesser Celandine
Ranunculus ficaria
Full description
Because of its very early spring flowering, lesser Celandine can provide much needed colour early in the year, particularly on damp rockeries or under deciduous trees. It has dark green leaves and yellow flowers on short stalks.
This is an invasive plant but finishes its annual growth too early to compete with most other species. The plant can grow in flowering lawns, alongside paths, on stream banks, in ditches, under trees and shrubs, in shady gardens and in damp woodlands.
Lesser Celandine is an important early nectar source.