Photographs: the Gearagh, Co. Cork

Bulbous Celandine / Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna subsp. verna (Ranunculus ficaria subsp. bulbilifer) Grán arcáin Family: Ranunculaceae Flowering February-May. Perennial. Native. Very similar to Lesser Celandine, Ficaria verna but often has less flowers with narrower petals and more/less shallow-lobed leaves. Produces little ripe seed and main reproduction is by small tubers that are formed in the leaf-axils. Usually found on disturbed ground in woodland, by streams and rivers and in gardens. Frequent in much of Ireland but probably very under-recorded

Bulbous Celandine, Ficaria verna subsp. verna (Ranunculus ficaria subsp. bulbilifer)