Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ranunculus mirus Garn.-Jones, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 126 (1987)
Synonymy:
  • = Ranunculus hirtus var. gracilis Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 19 (1906)
 Description

Perennial; rosettes tufted; rhizome 0. Basal lvs long-petiolate, deeply 3-fid to ternate, densely covered in subappressed hairs on lamina and petiole; leaflets stalked, obovate, shallowly to deeply 3-lobed, toothed, 7–15 × 10–18 mm. Cauline lvs 1–3, small, sessile or shortly petiolate, lanceolate-entire or obovate-trifid. Fls 18–25 mm diam., solitary or 2–3 per stem; pedicels with appressed hairs. Sepals spreading, hispid. Petals 5, yellow, obovate; nectary single, c. 1 mm from petal base, covered by a small narrow-oblong scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 15–30 in globose heads, flattened, glabrous or with 1–(2) bristles; body 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 mm; beak curved with hooked tip, 1–1.5 mm long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.
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. [Not threatened]
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]
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Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1990: Typification of Ranunculus names in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 115–123.