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Ranunculus maculatus Cockayne & Allan

Species

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Characteristics

Tufted perennial, occasionally forming offset rosettes, to 5 cm tall; rhizome 0. Lvs elliptic to obovate, sometimes almost orbicular, often dark-blotched, 3-fid up to 1/2 way, glabrous, or hairy especially on petiole. Fls solitary, 8-10 mm diam.; scapes very short at flowering, elongating at fruiting, pilose except for glabrous tip. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 5, yellow, oblong-obovate; nectary single, 1-1.5 mm from petal base, shallow, pocket-like. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 15-25, hardly flattened, glabrous, often purple-tipped; body 1.5-2 mm long; beak curved, 0.3 mm long.
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Small sparsely hairy to glabrate rosette herb with slender radical lvs on petioles ± 16 mm.; sheath ± 14 × 3 mm., membr. Lamina c. 9 × 10 mm., broad obovate-cuneate, 3-lobed to middle, brown-flecked. Scape ± 5 cm. long, rather stout, hairs long. Sepals 5, fugaceous, c. 3 × 2 mm., broad-ovate, sparsely hairy; petals us. 5, ovate to obovate or spathulate, ± 5 × 2 mm., pale yellow; gland 1 basal. Fruiting heads small; achenes glab., somewhat turgid; style short, a little recurved.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05
Root system rhizome
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Usage

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Cultivation

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

Ranunculus maculatus unspecified picture

Distribution

Ranunculus maculatus world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:713161-1
WFO ID wfo-0001129811
COL ID 4RGVX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ranunculus maculatus
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