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Ranunculus sericophyllus Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Rather stout silky hairy pale green herb up to 25 cm. tall; stock stout, ascending or creeping and forming matted patches. Lvs all radical on stout petioles 2.5-12 cm. or more long; sheaths very broad, membr. Lamina broad-ovate to ovate-cordate in outline, membr., 1-4 cm. diam.; 3-pinnatisect, hairs extending as fringe to margins; final segs linear to narrow-oblong, ± acute. Scape rather stout, exceeding lvs, 1-(2)-fld, nude, or with entire to laciniate bracts. Fls 2.5-4 cm. diam.; sepals ovate-oblong, membr., 1-1·5 cm. long; petals 5-10, broadly obovate-cuneate, rounded to emarginate at tips, ± 1·5 × 1cm., golden yellow; glands mostly 3, near base. Fruiting heads globose to ovoid, ± 1 cm. diam.; receptacle ± 1 cm. long. Achenes glab., turgid, keeled, ± 2-3 mm. long, obliquely obovoid; style stout, subulate.
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Tufted perennial, 5-20 cm tall; rhizome stout. Lvs broadly ovate, deeply 2-ternatifid, fleshy, with silky hairs or rarely glabrous, 3-15 cm long; ultimate lobes linear-lanceolate, acute. Scapes 1-(2)-flowered, erect, with silky hairs. Fls 3-5 cm diam. Sepals spreading, with silky hairs. Petals 5-8, yellow, broadly obovate; nectaries 3, 2-3 mm from petal base, linear, naked. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes many, turgid, glabrous; body 1.5-2 mm long; beak straight, 1.5-2.5 mm long.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.23
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 14 - 16
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Distribution

Ranunculus sericophyllus world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:713812-1
WFO ID wfo-0000462217
COL ID 4RHQP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ranunculus sericophyllus
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