Ranunculus scapiger

Cotter River, ACT

Ranunculus scapiger at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Dec 2018
Ranunculus scapiger at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Dec 2018
Ranunculus scapiger at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Dec 2018
Ranunculus scapiger at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Dec 2018
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Identification history

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

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User'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:
   15 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
   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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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Ranunculus scapiger Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1610.14m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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