Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 3: 177 (1871)
Synonymy:
  • = Ranunculus limoselloides F.Muell. in , Icon. Pl. t. 1081 (1867) nom. illeg., non Ranunculus limoselloides Turcz. 1854
  • = Ranunculus ferdinandii Briq., Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de Genève 11 & 12: 176 (1908)
 Description

Perennial; rosettes tufted along a slender creeping stem. Lvs long-petiolate; lamina entire, spathulate or dilated, glabrous, 5–15 mm long. Fls solitary, 6–8 mm diam., on glabrous scapes. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 4, yellow to purple, linear; nectary single, 0.5 mm from petal base, pocket-like. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes 5–15, hardly flattened, glabrous; body 0.8–1 mm long; beak straight or curved, c. 1 mm long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Apr.; Fruiting: Nov.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de Genève
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Declining]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1990: Typification of Ranunculus names in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 115–123.
Icones Plantarum; or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants. London.
Kirk, T. 1871 ("1870"): Descriptions of New Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 3: 177–180.