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|accepted_name=Ranunculus ficaria
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 550. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Lesser celandine;pilewort;ficaire;renoncule ficaire
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus ficaria subsp. bulbifer
|authority=Lambinon
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Ranunculus ficaria subsp. calthifolius
|authority=(Reichenbach) Arcangeli
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera
|authority=Albert
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ficaria;Ranunculus ficaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ranunculus subg. Ficaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus ficaria]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect to decumbent, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based, spheric or ellipsoid bulbils sometimes formed in leaf axils. <b>Tuberous</b> roots present. <b>Basal</b> leaves simple and undivided, blades cordate to deltate or semicircular, 1.8-3.7 × 2-4 cm, base cordate, margins entire or crenate, apex rounded or obtuse. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading, saccate at extreme base, 4-9 × 3-6 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, 10-15 × 3-7 mm. <b>Heads</b> of achenes hemispheric, 4-5 × 6-8 mm; achenes 2.6-2.8 × 1.8-2 mm, pubescent; beak absent.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Shaded stream banks and moist disturbed areas
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;Que.;Conn.;D.C.;Ill.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;native to Europe.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>In North America, <i>Ranunculus ficaria</i> seems to be expanding its range rapidly in areas with cool mesic climates.</p><!--
--><p>The species is extremely variable (especially in leaf size and stem posture), and many attempts have been made to divide it into varieties or subspecies (see P. D. Sell 1994). The different forms, however, intergrade extensively and the varieties are often impossible to distinguish.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus ficaria
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Ranunculus ficaria subsp. bulbifer;Ranunculus ficaria subsp. calthifolius;Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Shaded stream banks and moist disturbed areas
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;Que.;Conn.;D.C.;Ill.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;native to Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated;Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_896.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ficaria
|species=Ranunculus ficaria
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