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Scientific Name

Ranunculus glabrifolius

Family Name

RANUNCULACEAE

Common Name

Glabrous buttercup

Status

Height

Flowers

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Perennial rosette herb with stolons and dull, leathery, hairless or almost hairless leaves, with 3 sharply- toothed lobes.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Kentish; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

In aquatic vegetation and short alpine herbfield in the eastern and central mountains.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Waterlogged; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained

General Notes

Has adapted well to cultivation. 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, inflated, lateral faces with 3-4 coarse, oblique ridges.seeds turn from green to yellowish& have small beak-like attachment. ripe seeds fall if brushed. may contain up to 40 seeds but only 10 may, on average,be ripe

Seed Treatment Method

Cold

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed has a 2-3 month after-ripening period. May require stratification.

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.

Cutting Notes