Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ranunculus maculatus Cockayne & Allan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 33 (1926)
Synonymy:
  • = Ranunculus depressus var. glabratus Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 17 (1899)
 Description

Tufted perennial, occasionally forming offset rosettes, to 5 cm tall; rhizome 0. Lvs elliptic to obovate, sometimes almost orbicular, often dark-blotched, 3-fid up to 1/2 way, glabrous, or hairy especially on petiole. Fls solitary, 8–10 mm diam.; scapes very short at flowering, elongating at fruiting, pilose except for glabrous tip. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 5, yellow, oblong-obovate; nectary single, 1–1.5 mm from petal base, shallow, pocket-like. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 15–25, hardly flattened, glabrous, often purple-tipped; body 1.5–2 mm long; beak curved, 0.3 mm long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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