Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ranunculus brevis Garn.-Jones, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 126 (1987)
Synonymy:
  • = Ranunculus depressus Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 12: 393 (1879 [1880]) nom. illeg., non Ranunculus depressus Georgi 1800
 Description

Tufted perennial, occasionally forming offset rosettes, to 5 cm tall; rhizome 0. Lvs deltoid, finely 1–2-ternatifid with linear segments, hairy, 1–3 cm long. Fls solitary, c. 1 cm diam., on short, erect, hairy scapes. Sepals spreading, glabrous or with a few hairs. Petals 5, yellow, oblong-obovate; nectary single, c. 1 mm from petal base, with a semilunar scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes few, hardly flattened, glabrous; body 1.2–2 mm long; beak curved at tip, 0.3–0.5 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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