Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ranunculus simulans Garn.-Jones, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 126 (1987)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Ranunculus depressus var. stewartiae G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 73: 155 (1943)
 Description

Perennial; rosettes tufted along slender arching stolons. Basal lvs suborbicular, distinctly rounded to a truncate base, shallowly 3-lobed at apex, rarely again bluntly toothed, glabrous or hairy, thin textured, 3–6–(10) mm diam.; cauline lvs similar to basal, opposite or in lax whorls. Fls solitary; scapes short, up to 15 mm long at fruiting, hairy. Fls 3–5 mm diam. Sepals spreading, sparsely hairy. Petals 5 or 0, yellow, narrowly obovate; nectary single, 0.5–1.5 mm from petal base, covered by a small triangular scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes (5)–10–15, slightly flattened, glabrous; body 1.5–2 mm long; beak straight or curved, c. 0.3 mm long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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