Ranunculus royi G.Simpson

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Small, rather sparsely hairy, rosette plant with stout stock ± 1 cm. diam., bearing ∞ rather thick roots. Lvs all radical, on hirsute petioles up to 5 cm. long; sheath broad, membr. Lamina broadly ovate-cuneate, ± 1·5 cm. diam., 3-lobed, lobes crenately 1-2-toothed. Scape stout, 2-3 mm. long at anthesis, becoming up to 10 cm. or more at fruiting stage. Sepals 5, ± 5 mm. long, oblong, membr.; petals 0 (one specimen found with a single petal 7 × 2 mm., sharply clawed, gland 1 near base). Fruiting heads ± globose, 5-9 mm. diam.; receptacle small, pilose. Achenes ± 2 mm. long, obliquely suborbicular, slightly compressed and margined; style ± 1 mm. long, hooked.
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Tufted, scapose perennial, to 15 cm tall; rhizome 0. Lvs simple, broadly ovate to orbicular, shallowly 3-lobed, bluntly toothed or crenate, hairy, 10-15-(25) × 10-18-(25) mm. Fls solitary, sessile, 10-15 mm diam. Scape elongating at fruiting, terete, hairy; hairs wavy. Sepals spreading, hairy. Petals (0)-5, yellow, narrowly obovate; nectary single, c. 1 mm from petal base, covered by a small triangular scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 25-35, flattened, glabrous, 2-2.5 mm long; beak curved to hooked, 0.5-1 mm long.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Ranunculus royi unspecified picture

Distribution

Ranunculus royi world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:713715-1
WFO ID wfo-0000463374
COL ID 4RHMK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ranunculus royi