Family Index

Scientific Name

Ranunculus amphitrichus

Family Name

RANUNCULACEAE

Common Name

River Buttercup

Status

Rare

Height

5-30cm

Flowers

Flowering stems are slender and erect, and bear 1-3 pale golden yellow flowers with 5-7 petals.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Perennial herb growing in shallow water, with floating or submerged round and deeply divided leaves, and stoloniferous stems.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Still to slow-flowing, shallow fresh water throughout the State.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown by seed, by division or by cuttings. 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

Seeds turn from green to yellowish and have small beak-like attachment. Ripe seeds fall if brushed. Heads may contain up to 40 seeds but on average, only 10 may 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.

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