lesser celandine

Ranunculus ficaria

• One of the first woodland flowers of the year
   
• The flowers are shiny yellow with eight to twelve petals
   
• The leaves are heart-shaped.
   

Where found

Damp woodland paths and tracks as well as on stream banks and in ditches. It grows well in the shade of hedgerows too.
 

When to look for

• It’s a perennial herb, flowering in March-May