Ranunculus papulentus

Large River Buttercup at Molonglo Valley, ACT

Ranunculus papulentus at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 20 Oct 2016
Ranunculus papulentus at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 20 Oct 2016
Ranunculus papulentus at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 20 Oct 2016
Ranunculus papulentus at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 20 Oct 2016
Ranunculus papulentus at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 20 Oct 2016
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Identification history

Ranunculus papulentus 29 Oct 2016 BettyDonWood
Ranunculus papulentus 29 Oct 2016 michaelb
Ranunculus amphitrichus 22 Oct 2016 galah681

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7 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   23 Oct 2016
The leaves in the photo do not belong to any species of Ranunculus.
AndyRussell wrote:
   23 Oct 2016
The flower looks like the species suggested but the leaves are certainly wrong. I wonder if another plant is growing over the top of this species. There are one or two leaves underneath that look like Ranunculus.
galah681 wrote:
   24 Oct 2016
I will check the leaves in a few days time. There could have been some weeds growing up through the buttercups, but I could not get very close to the plants as they are mostly underwater because the wetland has expanded with all the rain.
galah681 wrote:
   29 Oct 2016
I have checked these plants again and added more photos. There were no weeds growing among the plants. As you can see from the new photos, there are normal leaves growing alongside abnormal leaves from the same plant. The leaves that have been mostly underwater show the most abnormal forms. As almost all the plants were underwater for a couple of weeks, this may have caused the unusual leaf form.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   29 Oct 2016
VicFlora states about the leaves 'lamina c. circular in outline, 1–5 cm diam., glabrous, deeply 3–5-lobed with entire or notched, ovate to cuneate segments (emergent form) varying to palmatisect with linear segments 1–3 mm wide (submerged form).'
BettyDonWood wrote:
   29 Oct 2016
It is not possible to ID this from photos. Perhaps you should take a specimen in to the herbarium.
michaelb wrote:
   29 Oct 2016
This looks like Ranunculus papulentus.
See
http://www.flowgrow.de/db/aquaticplants/ranunculus-papulentus

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 20 Oct 2016 11:53 AM Recorded on
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  • Less than 10cm Plant height

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