It floats downstream. After a spell of rain, water carries it through tributaries, where it nestles in the soil along rivers and creeks. For months, it lies unnoticed, hidden in the dirt. But it ...

Lesser celandine, commonly called fig buttercup, has distinctive kidney shaped leaves appearing in a rosette. As the plant takes hold it creeps along the ground and will quickly spread throughout a ...

CLEMSON, SC (WCBD) – As spring quickly approaches, and pollen season in full effect, trees and plants are beginning to bloom. Among them is the highly invasive Ficaria Verna, commonly known as Fig ...

A pretty, little yellow buttercup is actually such a bad plant, experts at Clemson are asking for help from the public to try to locate it and stop its spread.(Archive video above on eight other ...

CLEMSON, SC (WSPA) – Officials are asking for the public’s help to find an invasive plant species in the Upstate. Fig buttercup has heart-shaped, dark green leaves and bright shiny yellow flowers. The ...

YORK, Pa. — April showers bring May flowers, but not all of these flowers are beneficial to the environment, including fig buttercups. The fig buttercup, also known as the lesser celandine, is a ...

PORTLAND, MI – There’s a pretty, little flower with yellow petals and heart-shaped leaves that grows in thick mats across the forest floor in parts of Michigan. The lesser celandine, also known as fig ...

Lesser celandine ( Ranunculus ficaria), also called fig buttercup, is a native of Europe and North Africa that was brought to North America as a garden ornamental but escaped cultivation. It can ...

NOW WITH THE LATEST ON WHAT YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR. >> IT’S AN UNWELCOME VISITOR THAT’S TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FRO EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. THE TOXIC FIG BUTTERCUP HAS TAKEN ROOT AND IS NOW INVADING ...