Ranunculus scapiger

Unnamed at Namadgi National Park

4 images

Identification history

Ranunculus scapiger	15 Dec 2018	BettyDonWood
Ranunculus scapiger	14 Dec 2018	BettyDonWood
Unidentified	14 Dec 2018	MatthewFrawley

Author's notes

Small Ranunculus growing on the edge of Kangaroo Creek, not far from Corin Dam, stems very hairy and leaf edge also hairy.

3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

14 Dec 2018

I am fairly certain this is Ranunculus scapiger, which is hairy and has leaves the shape of those in your photo. However, one of the most important characters in IDing species of Ranunculus is whether the sepals cup the flower or are turned down. Unfortunately your sideways on photo of a flower is not taken from such an angle as to show the sepals.
https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/ranunculus_scapiger.htm

MatthewFrawley wrote:

15 Dec 2018

Are those the sepals I can see that are turned down?

BettyDonWood wrote:

15 Dec 2018

You are right. I had not looked properly. Obvious when I blew the flower up a lot and saw the second sepal.

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