Lesser Celandine
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 6th April 2023 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.
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Taken at Ardmore Point on 22nd April 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File

Taken at Baron's Haugh on 15th March 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode
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Taken at Baron's Haugh on 29th March 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode Fact File

Lesser Celandine.
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AKA:
Ficaria verna.
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae.
Perennial.

Pilewort.
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Damp grassy places, riversides, hedgerows
March-May.
0.5-2 cms.
A favourite flower of the poet William Wordsworth, Lesser Celandine is one of the earliest spring flowers. It was once used to treat scrofula, the "King's evil". Modern herbologists prescribe the plant in treatments for haemorrhoids - hence "Pilewort".