Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ranunculus stylosus H.D.Wilson & Garn.-Jones, New Zealand J. Bot. 21: 341 (1983)
 Description

Tufted perennial; rhizome 0; rosettes to 5 cm tall. Lamina broad-ovate to deltoid, 9–15 mm diam., ternatifid up to c. 1/2 way, crenately lobed or bluntly toothed, hairy, coriaceous. Fls solitary, 15–20 mm diam.; scapes 2–4 cm long, hairy, bearing 1–2 narrow bracts. Sepals spreading, sparsely hairy. Petals 5–(7), yellow, brownish beneath, narrow-obovate; nectary single, c. 2 mm from petal base, covered by a narrow oblong scale. Receptacle sparsely hairy. Achenes (4)–6–(10), weakly flattened, glabrous; body ellipsoid, 2–2.5 mm long; beak straight, 2–2.5 mm long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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