Ranunculus cheirophyllus Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Roots fibrous, subequally thick. Stems ascending or subprostrate, 7--20 cm, strigose, simple or branched, rooting at nodes. Basal leaves ca. 5; petiole 2--5 cm, sparsely puberulent or subglabrous; blade deltoid or semiorbicular, 6--11 × 8--14 mm, herbaceous, glabrous, base subtruncate or broadly cuneate, margin coarsely 5--7-dentate, sparsely ciliate, apex subobtuse. Stem leaves similar to basal ones but gradually reduced upward, sometimes appressed puberulent abaxially. Flowers leaf-opposed, ca. 0.8 cm in diam. Pedicel 1--2.4 cm, appressed puberulent. Receptacle with 1 hair. Sepals 4 or 5, suborbicular, ca. 2 mm, abaxially appressed puberulent. Petals 3--5, white, oblong, ca. 4 mm, nectary pit unknown, apex rounded. Stamens ca. 10; anthers narrowly oblong. Carpels ca. 15; ovary longer than style, ca. 1 mm, glabrous or with 2 or 3 hairs.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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

Ranunculus cheirophyllus world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712452-1
WFO ID wfo-0001233666
COL ID 4RFYF
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Synonyms

Ranunculus kawakamii Ranunculus cheirophyllus