lesser celandine


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lesser celandine

n.
A Eurasian plant (Ranunculus ficaria) in the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves, solitary yellow flowers, and tuberous roots.
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lesser celandine

n
(Plants) a Eurasian ranunculaceous plant, Ranunculus ficaria, having yellow flowers and heart-shaped leaves. Also called: pilewort Compare greater celandine
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Noun1.lesser celandine - perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles
pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
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SPRING WILDFLOWER WALK Date: Saturday 23rd April 2016 Time :2.00pm Venue: Minnowburn car park Discover the first flush of flowers adding colour to Minnowburn with lesser celandine, wood sorrel, bluebells, violets and hopefully the yellow primrose among others.
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William Wordsworth's favourite flower wasn't the daffodil - it was the humble lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria.
GOLDEN WONDERS; For one of the cheeriest splashes of colour in the spring garden, you can't beat William Wordsworth's one true love, the brilliant celandine
It was, in fact, the humble lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria.
Buttercups build me up; For one of the cheeriest splashes of colour in the spring garden, you can't beat Wordsworth's one true love, the brilliant celandine
Traeth y Gribin, ac isod chwith y Dulys (Alexanders); dde: llwylys a llygad Ebrill (common scurvy grass, lesser celandine) Lluniau: Bethan Wyn Jones
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(Ranunculaceae), or lesser celandine, is a groundcover native to Europe (Taylor and Markham, 1978; Sell, 1994), which appears to be negatively affecting native plants in forested floodplains in many US states (Swearingen, 2005).
Guilty in the court of public opinion: testing presumptive impacts and allelopathic potential of Ranunculus ficaria
That was British poet William Wordsworth's way of saying that the lesser celandine is one hardy little spreading perennial.
Pretty yellow flower doubles as noxious weed
Yellow lesser celandine, white stitchwort and purple violets, amongst others, are taking advantage of the light which will be denied them once the trees come into leaf.
Overlooked dog's mercury adds colour and variety; nature watch
"The Floral Clock" is a whimsical piece that revels in language for its own sake, listing flower names--"brilliant azure Wild Succory," "pale Common Nipple-wort," and "the golden star / of the Lesser Celandine"--as much for the pleasure of letting them roll off the pen and the tongue, one suspects, as for the purpose of exploring Linnaean natural science.
Some of These Petals: a review of Brian Bartlett's: The Watchmaker's Table
In spring, banksides are covered in primrose, lesser celandine, wood sorrel and wild garlic, edging later into foxglove, red campion, stitchwort, water avens and meadow sweet.
Favourite Victorian picnic site
Or visit a specialist nursery and treat yourself to old favourites like dog violet, periwinkle, marsh marigold, lesser celandine, wood sorrel, clover and yellow flag.
GARDENING: Go natural; SOW YOURSELF A COLOURFUL CORNER
Known reputed uses include lovage as an aphrodisiac, foxglove for heart disease and a yellow woodland flower, lesser celandine, for haemorrhoids.
Flower power cures to make a return
Well no, in fact the flower he worshipped above all others was the humble lesser celandine - Ranunculus ficaria.
SUNNY DELIGHT; The first flash of spring sunshine and Wordsworth's favourite flower the celandine opens up and dazzles us with its beauty

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