Nederlands: Gewoon speenkruid
Español: Celidonia menor - Primavereta
Français: Ficaire fausse-renoncule - Herbe aux hémorroïdes
Deutsch: Scharbockskraut - Feigwurz - Frühlings-Scharbockskraut - Skorbutkraut
Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family
Flowering time: March-May
Height: 5-30cm
Altitude: to 1600m
Colour: bright yellow, turning white on ageing
Leaves: fleshy dark green, heart-shaped, sometimes with deeper markings
Habitat: damp meadows, deciduous woodland, ditches, stream margins, pathsides, roadsides
Distribution: throughout Europe
Synonym: Ficaria verna subsp. verna - Ranunculus ficaria subsp. ficaria - Ficaria ranunculoides
Notes: In Great Britain seen as a common garden plant, an early harbinger of Spring. Introduced in North America, where it is often considered an invasive species.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Kralingse Bos, bijgoed stinsenflora, Sierra de Huétor, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Arañones (Canfranc), Valle de Añisclo (Fanlo), Río Esera (El Run), Picos de Europa
