Ranunculus insertus G.Simpson

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Small rosette herb clad in sparse long hairs; stock ± 1 cm. diam.; roots ∞, soft, white. Lvs radical, ± prostrate on rather stout petioles ± twice length of lamina. Lamina deltoid in outline, 1·5 cm. diam., cordate, ± deeply 3-segmented; segs 3-4-lobed, mucronate, often mottled brown at base, margins ciliate. Scape rather stout, thinly pilose, attaining 5 cm. in fruit. Fls subsessile at anthesis; sepals 5, oblong, 5 × 2 mm., pale, membr., tips fringed; petals oblong, rounded at apex; gland 1 near base; achenes ± 30 forming globose heads ± 6 mm. diam., obliquely orbicular, slightly compressed; style short, hooked.
Life form annual
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 insertus world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712964-1
WFO ID wfo-0000460832
COL ID 7WQZC
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Synonyms

Ranunculus insertus