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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk

Species

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Characteristics

Small slender glab. herb with filiform creeping stems, rooting at nodes, internodes us. very short. Lvs solitary or few together at nodes, on filiform petioles up to 3 cm. long; lamina up to 1cm. long, slightly dilated to ± spathulate. Peduncles filiform, 1-2 cm. long. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; sepals 4, ovate to oblong, ± 2 mm. long; petals 4, yellow to purple, linear, ± 6 mm. long, revolute; gland 1 well above base. Fruiting heads ± 2 mm. diam.; achenes small, few, ± turgid, obliquely ovoid; style slender, recurved.
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Perennial; rosettes tufted along a slender creeping stem. Lvs long-petiolate; lamina entire, spathulate or dilated, glabrous, 5-15 mm long. Fls solitary, 6-8 mm diam., on glabrous scapes. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 4, yellow to purple, linear; nectary single, 0.5 mm from petal base, pocket-like. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes 5-15, hardly flattened, glabrous; body 0.8-1 mm long; beak straight or curved, c. 1 mm long.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system creeping-root
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Cultivation

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

Ranunculus limosella unspecified picture

Distribution

Ranunculus limosella world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:713094-1
WFO ID wfo-0000463015
COL ID 4RGTD
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Synonyms

Ranunculus limosella Ranunculus ferdinandi
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