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Scientific Name
Ranunculus jugosus
Family Name
RANUNCULACEAE
Common Name
Jug buttercup
Status
Rare
Height
Flowers
Pale yellow, with 5-6 petals, inconspicuous, held below leaves.
Fruit
Achenes
Form
Rosette herb with leaves in 3-5 distant leaflets, each often with 3-pointed lobes. Leaf blades hairless, stalks reddish-brown.
Municipalities
Central Highlands; Meander Valley
Communities
Montane Vegetation; Riparian
Habitat Notes
Tas, endemic. Known only from the Central Plateau growing in short alpine herbfield near rivers and soaks.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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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 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.
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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