Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Ranunculus muelleri
Common name
Felted buttercup
Family
Ranunculaceae
Where found
Alpine and subalpine herbfields and grassland. Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.16 m tall. Flowering stems densely covered with short bristly appressed hairs. Leaves mostly basal, 0.8–3 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, rather densely covered with stiff appressed to spreading hairs, shorter and denser around the margins and on the lower surface. Leaves entire or with 1-2 short teeth or notches. Leaf stalks often much longer than the leaves. Flowers bright yellow, with usually 5 petals each 7–22 mm long. Sepals curved down. Flowers single. Flowering: summer. Seeds usually about 40–80, 2–3 mm long, lens-shaped or somewhat swollen, sides smooth, tapering gradually into a stout beak 1–2.2 mm long, straight or slightly hooked at the tip.
Hybridises with Ranunculus dissectifolius, Ranunculus graniticola, and Ranunculus niphophilus.
Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ranunculus~muelleri (accessed 4 February, 2021)
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