Grassland Buttercup

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©Hans Wapstra

Ranunculus prasinus

Diminutive ground-hugging grassland buttercup. Divided grass-green leaves onlong stalks.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Flowers with eight pointed golden petals.
Biology

Perennial. Heavy black cracking clays and gilgais on the fringes of brackish lagoons and grassy wetlands. Tolerates salinity. Can disappear for long periods then reappear.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Jan
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Species
prasinus

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endemic to Tas. From the Greek ranus = frog, referring to the swampy habitat of most species. Endangered in Tas.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native