(modifié de Coste, Flore de la France 1937) :
[Différences de la sous-espèce en rouge]
Ficaria verna subsp verna (Flore Med), = Ficaria verna subsp. ficariiformis (FW Shultz) Hayek (Flora Gallica) = Ficaria verna subsp. fertilis (A.R.Clapham ex Laegaard) Stace
Souche vivace, a fibres fasciculées, renflées en massue ; tige de 10-30 cm, étalée, rameuse, glabre;
Écologie : (répartition d'après la flore) Haies, champs, bois humides, dans toute la France et en Corse.
Répartition hors de France : Europe; Asie occidentale; Afrique septentrionale.
(modified from Butcher, British Flora 1961):
NOTE: the French text is more complete and up-to-date
Ficaria verna subsp verna (Flore Med), = Ficaria verna subsp. ficariiformis (FW Shultz) Hayek (Flora Gallica) = Ficaria verna subsp. fertilis (A.R.Clapham ex Laegaard) Stace
A rather succulent, green perennial, with annual, weakly decumbent stems 8-20 cm long, growing from a mass of elongated,
tuberous roots.
Ecology UK: (distribution according to flora) It is a very common plant in shady places throughout the British Isles.
France:
Distribution outside France: ?
Fleurs : d'un jaune luisant, solitaires, [20-40 mm]; 3 sépales; 6-12 pétales, à onglet muni d'une écaille nectarifère; stigmate sessile;
Floraison France : Mars-mai.
Flowers: 20-45 mm diam.; sepals only 3, ovate, spreading; petals 5-15, lanceolate, yellow, twice as long as sepals; nectary covered with an undulate scale.
Flowering UK: Mid March mid May