Ficaria calthifolia Rchb. (syn. Ranunculus ficaria subsp. calthifolius (Reich.) Arcang.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Ranunculaceae// Genus: Ficaria// Species: Ficaria calthifolia Rchb.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski, (1985) as Ranunculus ficaria subsp. calthifolius (Reich.) Arcang. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Hörandl & Raab-Straube, 2015) is Ficaria calthifolia Rchb.

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from South and Central Europe to East Europe, Kazakhstan, and Caucasus; North Africa – Libya according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).

Habitat:  Found in moist habitats- alongside rives and streams, river gorges, grasslands, edges of forests.

Flowering period: Late winter -spring: FEB, MAR, APR.

Ficaria calthifolia – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower and leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower and leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower with calyx. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower with calyx. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ficaria calthifolia – flower and leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Ficaria calthifolia. Hörandl, E. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2015): Ranunculeae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Ficaria%20calthifolia&PTRefFk=7500000 [Accessed 14.03.2022].

Micevski, K. (1985). The Flora of SR Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Ranunculus ficaria subsp. calthifolius (Rchb.) Arcang. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454973-2 [Accessed 14.03.2022].

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