Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Ranunculus scapiger
Common name
A buttercup
Family
Ranunculaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, grassland, and gulllies, mainly at 700-1500 m altitude. Kosciuszko National Park, the mountains to the north, ACT, mountainous areas of the tablelands, and the western edge of the ranges. Mostly south of the Hume Highway.
Notes
Perennial herb to 1m tall, hairy. Leaves mostly basal, 0.7–6 cm long, hairy on both surfaces, the hairs spreading or appressed, with 3 lobes or rarely compound, with 3 leaflets, the lobes or leaflets with coarse blunt teeth. Leaves sometimes reduced to the terminal segment. Flowers golden yellow, often tinged purple below, usually with 5 petals each 6-9 mm long. Sepals bent sharply down. Flowering stems 1-4 flowered. Seeds 1.7–3 mm long, sides mostly smooth, with a prominent marginal ridge, hairy along the lower margin, beak 1.2–2 mm long, slender, straight or gently curved, usually with a short, tightly hooked tip. Flowering: spring-summer.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ranunculus~scapiger (accessed 4 February, 2021)
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