Lesser celandine is spreading quickly in lower Michigan, prompting an effort to combat this evasive European plant. However, in spite of the threat to native wildflowers, it is still legal to buy and sell within our state. A small group of advocates is pushing for regulations while urging gardeners to remain alert.
*Rachel Cuschieri-Murray, executive director of the Eaton Conservation District, inspects a lesser celandine plant she plucked from the floodplain forest at Grand Woods Park, west of Lansing. The invasive buttercup species has blanketed large swaths of the 128-acre park. (Bridge photo by Kelly House)
I just saw one today and thought it was so pretty 🥰. I knew it wasn’t a dandelion and not a buttercup but something in between
I haven’t run across it yet. I could see how people might be enamored with the tiny yellow flower, yet not realize how invasive and destructive it is.