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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