Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Is Lesser Celandine as Greater Celandine has very different leaves. Petals numbers vary, here 10!

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Is Lesser Celandine as Greater Celandine has very different leaves. Petals numbers vary, here 10!

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas).

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas).

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane). Loads of anthers, some with pollen at their edges, folded over teh greenish stigma in the middle.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane). Loads of anthers, some with pollen at their edges, folded over teh greenish stigma in the middle.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Makro shot showing the greenish stigma surrounded by anthers, some with pollen at their edges.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Makro shot showing the greenish stigma surrounded by anthers, some with pollen at their edges.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). The petals are really sepals, seeming more obviously so from their green undersides.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). The petals are really sepals, seeming more obviously so from their green undersides.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas).

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane).

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (18/02/2024) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane).

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane). Sparkly and also very glossy petals (really sepals).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Stigma now covered in pollen.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Not sure why the leaves are so sparkly under this particular flash exposure. Perhaps these are the hydathodes (the pores on the leaf that exude water).

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Not sure why the leaves are so sparkly under this particular flash exposure. Perhaps these are the hydathodes (the pores on the leaf that exude water).

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (30/03/2024) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas).

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane). Sometimes the leaves have pale blotches.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (14/02/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane). Sometimes the leaves have pale blotches.

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane). And the leaves vary in size a lot - a very large one at the top of the image, but lots of smaller ones below.

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (quite a lot of them in the banks up the lane). They are quite glossy green.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Young leaves.

Lesser Celandine / Pilewort / Foalfoot / Spring Messenger / Golden Guinea (Ficaria verna was Ranunculus ficaria) (06/04/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place in shady areas). Young leaves.