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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Ficaria verna
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Fig buttercup

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Ficaria verna

ALSO KNOWN AS

pilewort, lesser celandine

Plant family

Buttercup (Ranunculaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

A perennial, low-growing plant that spreads in thick mats. It was brought to the U.S. as an ornamental and is now an invasive species.
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Identification hints

This plant has kidney- to heart-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves that are slightly undulated along the margins. It produces a cluster of basal leaves from which one or more flowering stems develop. When in bloom, it sports shiny, bright yellow flowers with 8-12 petals. It is a spring ephemeral, blooming very early in spring and going dormant by mid-June.
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Did you know?

In Cleveland, Ohio, fig buttercup was planted in the lawns of only two houses in the 1970's. It escaped from these gardens and, less than 40 years later, had taken over ~ 300 acres of parkland along the Rocky River.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Connecticut , Delaware , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Michigan , Missouri , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Washington , Wisconsin , West Virginia
HABITAT
There is no information available about this species.

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