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Scientific Name
Ranunculus scapiger
Family Name
RANUNCULACEAE
Common Name
Full-leaved mountain buttercup
Status
Height
Flowers
Golden yellow, may have red flushing, stalks longer than leaves. Sepals pointing down.
Fruit
Achenes
Form
Rosette herb, leaves orb-shaped, not usually deeply dissected and with soft, spreading, pressed hairs,
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kentish; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Grassy Vegetation; Montane Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Local at lower elevations in the eastern mountains in damp alpine grassland.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Achenes, smooth with narrow marginal rib. beak coiled at apex and often purplish.seeds turn from green to yellowish ripe seeds fall if brushed. heads may contain up to 40 seeds but only 10 may, on average, be ripe
Seed Treatment Method
Storage
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed has a 2-3 month after-ripening period. Sow in Autumn.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
Also grown by division
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