Ranunculus brotherusii Freyn

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Roots fibrous, slightly thickened at apex. Stems 1--4, 2.5--12 cm, appressed puberulent, simple or 1-or 2-branched. Basal leaves 5--15; petiole 1.2--3.5 cm, appressed puberulent, glabrescent; blade 3-partite or 3-sect, orbicular-ovate or pentagonal, occasionally suborbicular and then broadly 3-lobed, papery, appressed puberulent, base cordate-truncate or subtruncate, central segment cuneate, 3-lobed or 3-dentate at apex or oblong and entire; lateral segments obliquely flabellate, usually unequally 2-partite. Stem leaves 2--4, lower ones similar to basal leaves, upper ones sessile, palmatisect, segments linear. Flowers solitary, terminal, 0.6--1.3 cm in diam. Receptacle glabrous, rarely with a few hairs. Sepals 5, ovate, 2.2--3.2 mm, abaxially appressed whitish pubescent. Petals 5, obovate or elliptic-obovate, 3--8 × 2.5--4 mm, nectary pit without a scale, apex rounded. Stamens numerous; anthers oblong. Aggregate fruit ovoid, rarely subglobose, 3--6 × 2--4 mm. Achene slightly bilaterally compressed, obliquely obovoid, 1--1.5 × ca. 0.8 mm, glabrous; style persistent, 0.3--0.5 mm. Fl. May--Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
Root system fibrous-root
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OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Images

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Distribution

Ranunculus brotherusii world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712352-1
WFO ID wfo-0000461572
COL ID 794PS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ranunculus brotherusii Ranunculus brotherusii f. dasycarpus Ranunculus brotherusii subsp. latisectus Ranunculus brotherusii var. dasycarpus Ranunculus affinis var. dasycarpus Ranunculus tanguticus var. dasycarpus

Lower taxons

Ranunculus brotherusii var. tanguticus