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- = Ranunculus hirtus Banks & Sol. ex DC., Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1, 289 (1817) nom. illeg.
Tufted perennial, to 30–(40) cm tall; rhizome 0. Stems erect, with hairs spreading below, appressed above. Basal lvs usually pinnate, rarely 3-foliolate or 3-lobed, hairy; leaflets stalked, ovate or obovate, entire or shallowly to deeply 3-lobed, toothed, very variable in size, 1–5 cm diam. Cauline lvs similar, smaller, often merely 3-lobed; lobes narrower. Fls 3 or more per stem, 8–15 mm diam. Pedicels terete to sulcate, up to 20 cm long, with appressed hairs. Sepals reflexed at flowering, hairy. Petals 5, yellow, narrow-oblong to narrow-obovate; nectary single, c. 0.5 mm from petal base, covered by a small oblong scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 40–80–(100), in ovoid heads, small and pale, moderately flattened, glabrous; body 1.5–2 mm long; beak often dark, hooked, 0.7–1 mm.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]