Yellow winter flowers
We found these little yellow flowers from the buttercup family in the graveyard in Grantchester one wintery February day on a walk out from Cambridge. They were still in bud when we saw them but the resemblance to buttercups is much more obvious when in full flower.
![winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis snowdrops Grantchester feb 2023](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winter-aconite-Eranthis-hyemalis-and-snowdrops-Grantchester-graveyard-feb-2023-600x450.jpg)
The plant is only about 15cm high. The yellow sepals are held on a ruff of three deeply cut leaves, the ruff being about 5cm across.
![winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis Grantchester feb 2023](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winter-aconite-Eranthis-hyemalis-Grantchester-graveyard-feb-2023-600x450.jpg)
Being a graveyard I can’t guarantee these flowers are 100% wild but they were certainly naturalised. The species originates in Southern Europe.
Also in the picture are another winter flower – Snowdrops