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Ranunculus pinguis Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Stout ± fleshy herb up to 25 cm. tall, sparsely hairy to glabrate; stock short, stout; main roots fleshy. Lvs all radical, on petioles 1-10 cm. long, with broad sheathing bases. Lamina (1)-2-8 cm. diam., subreniform, deeply crenately lobed, cuneate-truncate to cordate at base. Scape (2)-5-15 cm. long, stout, thickened in upper part, pilose at junction with receptacle; nude or with 1-2 oblong-cuneate bracts, obtuse, entire or with 1-2 teeth. Fls ± 2.5 cm. diam. Sepals 5-6, oblong to linear; petals yellow, 5-10, obovate to oblong, hardly = sepals; nectary glands 1-3 towards base. Fruiting heads subglobose, up to 1·5 cm. diam.; receptacle broad-cylindric. Achenes ∞, glab., turgid, 1-2 mm. long; styles slender, straight, 1-2 mm. long, 2-3-winged at base.
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Tufted perennial, 5-25 cm tall; rhizome stout. Lvs rhombic to reniform, shallowly 3-5-(7)-lobed, fleshy, glabrous or hairy, 2-8 cm diam.; lobes often crenate. Fls solitary, 2-3 cm diam.; pedicels erect, usually pilose at least above. Sepals spreading, hairy. Petals 5-10, yellow, narrow, usually < sepals; nectary usually single, c. 5 mm from petal base, naked. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes very numerous, not flattened, glabrous, rarely pilose; body 1.5-2 mm long; beak straight, c. 2 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) 0.15 - 0.25
Root system rhizome
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Ranunculus pinguis world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:713526-1
WFO ID wfo-0000463553
COL ID 79556
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Ranunculus pinguis
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