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Lesser Celandine - Ficaria verna
(syn - Ranunculus scleratus)
Common and widespread perennial of damp hedgerows, open woodland, bare ground meadows, ditches and banks, sometime forming dense clumps or patches. Heart shaped glossy dark green leaves growing from tubers among fibrous roots. Solitary bright yellow glossy flowers of 6 - 12 tepals 20 - 30mm (0.8 - 1.2in) across on smooth stems to 20cm (8in) high appearing March to May, only open in sunshine.
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