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Ranunculus gracilipes Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Slender glabrate herb, up to 15 cm. tall, often pilose on petioles and scapes; stock short, slender. Lvs all radical on petioles 2.5-12.5 cm. long, with broad membr. sheaths. Lamina narrow-oblong in outline, (a) pinnate with 2-6 pairs of rounded 3-4-lobed sessile or stalked Iflts 6-9 mm. long; segs oblong-cuneate, abruptly acute or subacute, or (b) biternately divided; Iflts stalked, cuneate, deeply lobed, 2-3 cm. long. Scapes us. 1-4, nude, slender, ± pilose, up to 15 cm. long, 1-fld. Fls ± 2 cm. diam.; sepals 5, narrow-oblong, silky to glabrate, ± 5 mm. long; petals 8-10, ± 1 cm. long, narrow-obovate to cuneate, rounded to minutely retuse at apex, golden yellow; gland 1, small, basal. Achenes c. 1·5 mm. long, subturgid; style slightly hooked.
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Tufted perennial, 5-12 cm tall; rootstock stout, erect. Lvs all basal, ovate-oblong to linear-oblong, 1-2-pinnate or multifid, membranous to subcoriaceous, glabrous to pilose especially on petiole and rachis, 2-12 cm long; leaflets sessile, in 2-6 opposite pairs, entire or 3-partite or pinnate; segments linear to oblong, acute. Scapes 1-flowered, erect, pilose. Fls 1-2 cm diam. Sepals spreading, with silky hairs. Petals 5-(7), yellow, linear-obovate; nectary single, 1-1.5 mm from petal base, a cylindric pocket. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes 15-30, turgid, glabrous; body 2-2.5 mm long; beak straight, c. 1 mm long.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.14
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Cultivation

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

Ranunculus gracilipes unspecified picture

Distribution

Ranunculus gracilipes world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712820-1
WFO ID wfo-0000460941
COL ID 78T4H
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Synonyms

Ranunculus gracilipes
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