Ranunculus ficaria

The lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), also Feigwurz or lesser celandine called a species of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) is. It is a spring bloomer. Its name is derived from scurvy (from scurvy), because its vitamin C-containing leaves were taken against this lack of publication.

The lesser celandine is eaten poisonous in large quantities, because it protoanemonin - a five-membered lactone ring - is in the leaves. Only after the first flowers have appeared in protoanemonin formed in higher concentrations. Rule of thumb for the benefit of the plant is therefore: Before the first bloom where appropriate, in moderation, enjoy no longer appeared after the first flowers!

This occurring mainly in northern and central type is usually in damp meadows, shrubs, hedges or dense deciduous forest and deciduous forest edges found in the spring. There it is usually the first green ground layer (herbaceous layer), before the trees develop their leaves. In the southern regions and by mild winters shows the plant in late February, but usually towards the end of March, in northern Germany, often a little later. Already in May, includes the "Frühjahrsgeophyt" his life soon after the bloom off. Similar to the wild garlic and the snowdrops, the lesser celandine then draws all the above-ground parts of the plant back into the earth.


Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharbockskraut
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