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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
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Sowing Months
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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
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