Ficaria verna ssp fertilis (Lawalree ex Laegaard) Stace
(a lesser celandine)

Interactions where Ficaria verna ssp fertilis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces ficariae Bitter Chocolate Rust, Celandine Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces ficariae/Uromyces ficariaebitter chocolate rust, celandine rustamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ficaria verna subsp. fertilis/Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisa lesser celandineliveleaf (3-5)amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by telium Uromyces ficariae Bitter Chocolate Rust, Celandine Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces ficariae/Uromyces ficariaebitter chocolate rust, celandine rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ficaria verna subsp. fertilis/Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisa lesser celandinelivepetiole (3-5)telium parasitises live petiole

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ficaria verna ssp fertilis (a lesser celandine) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesFicaria verna ssp fertilis (a lesser celandine)
SpeciesFicaria verna (Lesser Celandine)
GenusFicaria (lesser celandine)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ficaria verna ssp fertilis (a lesser celandine)

Ficaria verna ssp fertilis (a lesser celandine) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ficaria verna ssp fertilis (a lesser celandine):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Ficaria verna ssp fertilis (a lesser celandine)

A common plant of woodland and grassland, but also finds its way into gardens. Its bright yellow flowers are a characteristic feature of English spring.

1. Absence of tubers in the leaf axils (even after flowering)

2. Smaller petals (10-20mm long).

Leaves entire (not shallowly lobed).

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