These native wildflowers are a source of nectar for bees and other insects in the early spring. The bare ground left behind after lesser celandine senesces in late spring may be colonized by other weedy species.

Do bees like celandine?

' In America, the celandine is also known as the “fig buttercup. ' The plant is very popular with bees, being an early source of nectar and pollen, but breeds largely through its tubers and the 'axils', budlike nodes at the base of its leaves.

Is lesser celandine good for pollinators?

There were no native pollinators in sight. I should be glad that the lesser celandines don't get pollinated; but I can't. The variety brought from Europe propagates primarily by small bulbs (bulbils) with no need for pollinators. ... Both the flower and its pollinator continue to lose ground to the invaders.