Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Ranunculus scapiger | 15 Dec 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Ranunculus scapiger | 14 Dec 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unverified | 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
https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/ranunculus_scapiger.htm
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.868825-35.538970
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Dec 2018 10:36 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Collections
MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ranunculus scapiger Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
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
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In flower
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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