Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ficaria Schaeff.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ficaria verna subsp. ficariiformis (F.W.Schultz) Soó (2008)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Ranunculus ficariiformis F.W.Schultz (1855) nom. inval. – as ficariaeformis
  • ≡ Ranunculus ficaria subsp. ficariiformis (F.W.Schultz.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 1, 73 (1893)
  • = Ficaria grandiflora Robert
 Description

Petioles stout; lamina of basal lvs firm-textured, (1.5)–3–13 × (1.5)–3–12 cm. Bulbils 0. Fls (25)–30–40–(50) mm diam.; petals (12)–15–25 mm long. Achenes usually ripening.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Ranunculus ficaria subsp. ficariiformis (F.W.Schultz) Rouy & Foucaud]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: (May)-Jul.-Sep.; Fruiting: (May)-Jul.-Sep.

 Bibliography
Rouy, G.; Foucaud, J. 1893: Flore de France ou description des plantes qui croissent spontanément en France, en Corse et en Alsace-Lorraine. I. Renonculacées - VIII. Crucifères . Vol. 1. Deyrolle, Paris.
Veldkamp, J.-F. 2015: De nomenclatuur van Speenkruiden (Ficaria verna Huds. s.l., Ranunculaceae). Gorteria 37: 84–116.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Brownsey, P.J. 1995: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additonal notes 1988–1993. New Zealand Journal of Botany 33: 151–182.