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, woods, edges and edges of oak and European beech forests, from the lowest parts up to c. 1500 m altitude.
Flowering period: Late winter -spring: FEB, MAR, APR.
Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ficaria calthifolia – habit. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ficaria calthifolia – flower. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ficaria calthifolia – flower. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ficaria calthifolia – flower. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ficaria calthifolia – flower – underside of petals and sepals. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiFicaria calthifolia – flower – underside of petals and sepals. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiFicaria calthifolia – flower – underside of petals and sepals. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiFicaria calthifolia – leaves. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiFicaria calthifolia – leaves. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiFicaria calthifolia – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiFicaria calthifolia – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiFicaria calthifolia – roots. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 03.11.2023. 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 – 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.
