Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Ranunculus scapiger | 13 Nov 2015 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Ranunculus scapiger | 10 Nov 2015 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Ranunculus plebeius | 1 Nov 2015 | KenT |
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User's notes
Could have been more present but it was just coming into flower among other plants with similar leaves
2 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
11 Nov 2015
Without mature seeds, the PlantNET key does not differentiate between these two species. I am inclined towards R. scapiger because the PlantNET description says R. plebeius has branched flowering stems and R. scapiger does not, and that I have seen R. scapiger not far from this site. My experience of R. plebeius is that it is mainly coastal. PlantNET, however, does say it gets up to 1000 m altitude.
KenT
wrote:
11 Nov 2015
Thanks Betty, I hope to get back in that area over summer to find these plants again this time with seeds. If you look at the photo of a herbarium sheet for R. scapiger it does show a branched flowering stem but not to the same extent as the one for R. plebeius. Although none of this probably helps as I suspect it may have been too early in the season for this plant to demonstrate whatever branching habit it may develop, but there does appear to be some development occurring in the upper stem leaf axil of image one. So at this stage you a right the PlantNET key isn't of much use and since I'd not seen (to identify) either of these species before, I looked at the CNM records where R. plebeius was more frequently recorded and the image looked closer to mine than that of the one for R. scapiger. I really need to go back when there are some mature seeds on the plant.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.833444-35.415528
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 29 Oct 2015 11:18 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
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Collections
KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ranunculus scapiger Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Ranunculus scapiger Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1610.14m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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