- = Ranunculus insertus G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 79: 421 (1852)
- = Ranunculus subscaposus var. canterburiensis J.B.Armstr., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 335 (1880 [1881])
- = Ranunculus lappaceus var. villosus Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 15 (1899)
- = Ranunculus porrectus G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 187 (1945)
Tufted perennial with usually fulvous hairs; rhizome 0; stem ascending, shortly decumbent at base, to 20–(35) cm tall. Lvs shallowly to deeply ternatifid, rarely ternate, hairy, 10–30–(50) × 10–30–(50) mm; lobes toothed or crenate, sometimes shallowly 3-lobed. Fls (1)–2–3–(10) per stem, usually pedunculate, sometimes sessile, (10)–15–20 mm diam., subtended by opposite or whorled cauline lvs. Pedicels terete, hairy, elongating at fruiting. Sepals spreading, hairy. Petals 5 or 0, yellow, obovate. Nectary single, 1 mm or more from petal base, covered by a small triangular or truncate scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 30–60 in globose heads, flattened, glabrous or with a few stiff hairs on back, 2.5–3.5–(4) mm long; beak rather broad, flattened, usually curved, 0.5–1 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Dec.–Apr.