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Ranunculus recens Kirk

Species

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Characteristics

Rather stout depressed herb us. < 4 cm. tall, sparsely clad in stiff white hairs with tuberculate base, stock stout, ± branched, erect or ascending. Lvs radical, rosulate, coriac., on stout flattened petioles 0·5-2.5 cm. long; sheath broad; lamina 3-foliolate, 1-1·5 × 0·5-1 cm., pale green; Iflts deeply lobed to pinnatifid; segs subacute to obtuse, ± hairy, irregularly cut. Scapes 1-4, stout, 1-1·5 cm. long, 1-fld, hispid. Fls subsessile at anthesis, 8-9 mm. diam.; sepals 5, linear to narrow-oblong; petals 5, yellow, linear-spathulate, barely > sepals; gland 1, slightly below middle. Fruiting heads globose, ± 6 mm. diam.; achenes obliquely suborbicular-ovoid, slightly compressed, margin thickened, ± 2 mm. long; style 0·5-1 mm. long, minutely hooked.
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Tufted perennial, to 5 cm tall; rhizome 0. Lvs orbicular or ovate, often dark-blotched, usually 3-lobed to about 1/2 way, rarely entire; lobes crenate or shallowly pinnatifid, sparsely hairy, especially on margins and petiole, or rarely glabrous, 8-15 mm diam.; petiole broad and flat. Fls solitary, sessile or on very short hairy scapes, 5-10 mm diam. Sepals spreading, sparsely hairy. Petals 5, yellow, linear-oblong; nectary single, c. 0.5 mm from petal base, with a very small scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 30-60, somewhat flattened, glabrous, brick red with dark tips; body 1.5-2 mm long; beak curved, c. 0.5 mm long.
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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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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

Ranunculus recens world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:713662-1
WFO ID wfo-0000461401
COL ID 794SY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ranunculus recens
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