Winter Aconite - Eranthis hyemalis
Hairless, tuberous-rooted plant up to 10 cm in height. Flowers yellow 20-30 mm with 6 sepals. Has 3 stalk-less bract-like leaves below the flower looking like a ruffe.
Wood and scrub on rich humus like soils.
End January to early March.
Perennial.
Not particularly common in Britain where most records come from England south of the Midlands and from the eastern coast.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 18 of the 617 tetrads.
 Near Donkey Lane Cemetery Sapcote SP 4862 9306 (taken 23.2.2009).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
23 February 2009 Near Donkey Lane Cemetery Sapcote SP 4862 9306 (taken 31.1.2007)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
31 January 2007
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
24 February 2015
HAPeacock
Watermead Country Park
24 February 2011
Andy's Rutland
Tickencote-Rutland
15 February 2012
 Near Donkey Lane Cemetery Sapcote SP 4862 9306 (taken 23.2.2009).JPG)
 Near Donkey Lane Cemetery Sapcote SP 4862 9306 (taken 31.1.2007)..JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Winter Aconite
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Ranunculales
- Family:
- Ranunculaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 45
- First record:
- 31/01/2007 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 06/02/2024 (Carter, Robert)
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