Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March. Did you know? William Wordsworth wrote three poems about Lesser celandines.

Ross Hoddinott / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) close up of flowers, Broxwater, North Cornwall, UK, March.

Paul Hobson / Lesser celandine ( Ranunculus ficaria) flowers, UK, April

Edwin Giesbers / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flower, Hallerbos, Belgium

Michael Hutchinson / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in deciduous woodland clearing with bluebells and stand of beech trees in background, North Somerset, UK

Andy Sands / Adder (Vipera berus) Male basking on log in spring, next to Celandine flowers, West Sussex, UK April

Nigel Cattlin / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) flowering on woodland floor. Hampshire, England, UK. March.

Heather Angel / Solitary bee (Apoidea) feeding on Crocus (Crocus korolkowii), covered in pollen. Ansob Pass, Tajikistan. April.

Heather Angel / Celandine crocus (Crocus korolkowii) carpets in areas of snowmelt. Near Ansob Pass, Tajikistan. April 2014.

Heather Angel / Bee fly (Bombylius major) foraging on Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) on roadside verge. Pollen is picked up on long proboscis and legs when touching anthers. Surrey, England, UK. April.

Heather Angel / Common bee fly (Bombylius major) with pollen covered legs lifting off from Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna). Roadside verge, Surrey, England, UK. April.

Heather Angel / Celandine crocus (Crocus korolkowii) carpet in area of snowmelt. Pollinated by solitary bees and bumblebees. In valley, near Ansob Pass, Tajikistan. April 2014.

Nick Upton / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) and Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering on woodland floor, SWT Black Rock Reserve, Cheddar Gorge, Mendip Hills, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering on woodland floor, SWT Black Rock Reserve, Cheddar Gorge, Mendip Hills, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering on woodland floor, SWT Black Rock Reserve, Cheddar Gorge, Mendip Hills, UK, April.

Robert Thompson / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. March.

Phil Savoie / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), taking off from Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), Monmouthshire, Wales UK, June.

Sue Daly / Lesser celendines (Ficaria verna), Sark, British Channel islands, April.

Constantinos Petrinos / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flowers, Mount Parnitha, Attica, Greece, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) Mount Parnitha, Attica, Greece, March.

Pascal Tordeux / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering, Picardy, France, April.

Nick Upton / Carpet of Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) and Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering on a hillside meadow, Bathwick, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Carpet of Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) and Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering on a hillside meadow, Bathwick, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Carpet of Common primroses (Primula vulgaris) and Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering on a woodland edge, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Carpet of Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) and Common primroses (Primula vulgaris) flowering on a woodland edge, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Carpet of Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) and Common primroses (Primula vulgaris) flowering on a woodland edge, Cornwall, UK, April.

David Tipling / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) and Greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) Foxley Wood, Norfolk, UK, April 2014.

Alex Hyde / Lesser Celandine flowers (Ranunculus ficaria), Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Lesser Celandine flowers (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

MYN / Clay Bolt / Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) poisonous species, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, United States, March. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) flower, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, United States, March. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp) in flight, feeding on Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria). Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp) covered in pollen, feeding on Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria). Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, March.

Bernard Castelein / Lesser celandine flowers (Ranunculus ficaria), Staatsbossen, Texel, the Netherlands, April.

Ross Hoddinott / Green-veined white butterfly (Artogeia / Pieris napi) resting on Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flower, Cornwall, UK, May.

MYN / Krista Schlyer / Woodland poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) Mount Rainier Maryland, USA, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March.

Ernie Janes / Lesser celedines (Ranunculus ficaria) growing in hedgerow, UK, March.

Paul Hobson / Lesser celandine ( Ranunculus ficaria) flower, abstract, UK, April

Philippe Clement / Greater celandine / Tetterwort (Chelidonium majus), Belgium

Silvia Reiche / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flower, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flowers, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flower, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Colin Varndell / Lesser celandine {Ranunculus ficaria} flowering in garden beside cultivated Daffodils, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in deciduous woodland clearing with bluebells and stand of beech trees in background, North Somerset, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in deciduous woodland clearing with Bluebells and stand of Beech trees in background, april, North Somerset, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in deciduous woodland clearing with Bluebells and stand of Beech trees in background, april, North Somerset, UK

Gary K. Smith / Lesser Celandine {Ranunculus ficaria} in full bloom, spring, Norfolk, UK, April

Niall Benvie / Lesser celandine flower {Ranunculus ficaria}, Angus, Scotland, UK meetyourneighbours.net project

Martin Gabriel / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) Bavaria, Germany

Brian Lightfoot / Common primrose {Primula vulgaris} Celandine and Daffodils in graveyard Sutherland, Scotland, UK

Niall Benvie / Common primrose {Primula vulgaris} and Lesser celandine {Ranunculus ficaris} Scotland

Duncan Mcewan / Lesser celandine in flower {Ranunculus ficaria} Scotland,

Bernard Castelein / Lesser celandine / Figwort (Ranunculus ficaria) France

Bernard Castelein / Lesser celandine / Figwort (Ranunculus ficaria) France

Bernard Castelein / Lesser celandine / Figwort (Ranunculus ficaria) France

Bernard Castelein / Lesser celandine / Figwort (Ranunculus ficaria) France

Warwick Sloss / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria). UK.

Ross Hoddinott / Green veined white butterfly {Artogeia / Pieris napi} resting on Lesser celandine {Ranunculus ficaria} flower, Cornwall, UK.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Lesser celandine {Ranunculus ficaria} flowering in woodland, The Rocks, Gloucestershire

WILLIAM OSBORN / Lesser celandine {Ranunculus ficaria} flowering in woodlands, The Rocks, Gloucestershire, UK

Adrian Davies / Greater celandine {Chelidonium majus} UK.

Philippe Clement / Lesser celandine flowers {Ranunculus ficaria} France

Niall Benvie / Sap from Greater celandine {Chelidonium majus} is used to treat warts. Estonia

Ross Hoddinott / Three Lesser celandine flowers {Ranunculus ficaria} Cornwall, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Three Lesser celandine flowers {Ranunculus ficaria} Cornwall, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Two Lesser celandine flowers {Ranunculus ficaria} Cornwall, UK

Niall Benvie / Lesser celandine flowers {Ranunculus ficaria} Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria). Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe

Niall Benvie / Primrose (Primula vulgaris) and Lesser Celandine (R. ficaris), understorey in woodland, Tayside, Scotland. Montrose, Angus.

Niall Benvie / Lesser celandine flowers {Ranunculus ficaria} Scotland, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Common primrose {Primula vulgaris} and Lesser celandine {Ranunculus ficaria} flowers, Spring, Scotland UK

Nigel Cattlin / Young leaves and flowers of a Greater celandine, (Chelidonium majus) in spring, Berkshire, May

Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena bicolor) leaving behind a golden pollen trail mid-air. Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, March.

Silvia Reiche / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) flowers, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Premaphotos / March fly (Bibio lanigerus) male on a Lesser celandine flower in spring, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Mixed spring flowers including Meadow Saxafrage and Celandine

Will Watson / Primrose (Primula vulgaris) and Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) flowering on castle motte bank, Burfa Bog Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales, UK, April 2023.

Jouan & Rius / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Primroses (Primula vulgaris) and Celendines (Chelidonium sp.) flowering on coastal clifftops, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May.

Jouan & Rius / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) yawning whilst resting among Celendines (Chelidonium), Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May.

Linda Pitkin / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower. Surrey, UK. March.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Celandine-leaved cress (Cardamine chelidonia) in flower, Civita Castellana, Lazio, Italy. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) flowering, Berkshire, England, UK. March.

Linda Pitkin / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Surrey, England. March.

Guy Edwardes / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Lesser celedine (Ranunculus ficaria) in woodland near Moor Crichel, Dorset, UK, March.

Guy Edwardes / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Lesser celedine (Ranunculus ficaria) in woodland near Moor Crichel, Dorset, UK, March.

Phil Savoie / Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) pollinating Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, March

Nick Upton / Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) flower close up, Wiltshire garden, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa), Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) flowering in profusion in woodland understory, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Lesser celandines (Ranunculus ficaria) and Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in profusion in woodland understory, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Linda Pitkin / Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria), on grass roadside verge, Purley, Surrey, England, March.