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Sunday, April 19. 2009

What flower?

Another photo from our walk yesterday. Does anybody have a clue what these yellow flowers are? It was growing in clumps in lawns.


The leaves are a bit pansy-looking and low, and the flower stalks around 6-7" high.


Posted by The Barrister in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 14:50 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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The resident expert says She thinks chrysogonum aka green & gold. Hope that helps.
#1 Ric in NC on 2009-04-19 15:26 (Reply)
Lesser celandine is what this appears to be, and it is an invasive thug of a plant. I have at least an acre of it at this point, and it arrived uninvited. We have been trying to get rid of it for years. It made the "weed of the week" list:

http://www.invasive.org/weedcd/pdfs/wow/lesser-celandine.pdf
#2 Nancy W. on 2009-04-19 17:07 (Reply)
I have no idea what it is, but I think you can eat it. Let me know if I'm wrong.
#3 KRW on 2009-04-19 17:30 (Reply)
I'm with Nancy W: Lesser Celandine -- Ranunculus ficaria -- "Low plant of damp places; escaped from gardens. Spring. Buttercup Family" according to Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.

Regular Celandine is a member of the Poppy family, so this one's name comes presumably from superficial resemblance.
#4 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2009-04-19 17:48 (Reply)
Celandine, we think.

Thanks again for a great site.
#5 BRITS AT THEIR BEST (Link) on 2009-04-19 17:58 (Reply)
We're pretty laid back down here in Texas. I wouldn't mind having that plant 'invade' my lawn. It's pretty. All we get down here are bluebonnets, Indian paint brush, and evening primrose. And most of their bloomings are brief.

So send some down here, if you would.

Marianne
#6 Marianne Matthews on 2009-04-19 20:58 (Reply)
Ranunculus ficaria

I wouldn't bother trying to get rid of it because the broadleaf herbicides required to kill it persist in the soil and damage trees who's feeder roots absorb it.

In the lawn, mow it close and overseed with annual or perennial ryegrass seed. Elsewhere in the garden, by about the end of May, it will dry up and disappear until next spring.
#7 Meade on 2009-04-19 21:12 (Reply)
We got it as a hitchhiker on some Home Depot topsoil years ago. The only way to keep it in check is to lift out the bulblets from loosened soil (after rain), but you can never completely eradicate it. If you like it, plant in a border edged with something like plate steel. It's as invasive as bamboo. Even then, I suspect that the squirrels dig it up and bury it everywhere.
#8 retriever (Link) on 2009-04-20 07:42 (Reply)
Just mow it and mow it. Here (in England) we'd probably be delighted to see it.
#9 Clovis Sangrail on 2009-04-20 17:04 (Reply)
Hi, it's Ranunculus ficaria.
It's edible. My mom used to make soup of it. Tastes great.
#10 Matyas (Link) on 2010-04-01 19:07 (Reply)

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