Ranunculus rubrocalyx Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems 2 or 3, 5--12 cm, glabrous for most part, sparsely puberulent only below flowers, branched above. Basal leaves ca. 4; petiole 1.5--5 cm, glabrous or subglabrous; blade 3-sect, broadly ovate, 1.4--2 × 2.2--2.6 cm, papery, glabrous except for ciliate margin, base cordate, central segment broadly rhombic-ovate or broadly obovate, 3-lobed, lateral lobes often pectinately lobulate; lateral segments oblique flabellate, unequally 2-partite. Stem leaves 2, sessile or subsessile, nearly 3-sect; segments lanceolate, glabrous, entire or 1-or 2-dentate at margin. Flowers solitary, terminal, 1.5--2 cm in diam. Receptacle puberulent. Sepals 5, dark red, ovate, 5--9 mm, abaxially yellowish puberulent. Petals 5, broadly obovate, 7--10 × 6--9 mm, nectary pit without a scale, apex subtruncate or truncate-rounded. Stamens numerous; anthers narrowly oblong. Aggregate fruit subglobose. Achene oblong-obovoid, 1.5--2 mm, glabrous; style persistent, short, hooked at apex. Fl. May--Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Distribution

Ranunculus rubrocalyx world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:713717-1
WFO ID wfo-0000463381
COL ID 4RHMQ
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Synonyms

Ranunculus rubrocalyx Ranunculus rufosepalus var. parviflora