Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus caucasicus M.Bieb. |
Synonyms | Ranunculus astrantiifolius Boiss. ex Rupr. |
Ranunculus osseticus Ovcz. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | montane-alpine |
Description | stems densely appressed pubescent, basal leaves long petiolate, in outline oblong, bipinnate, ternate, ultimate segments shortly oblong, flowers 2-3, 3-4cm across |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
caucasicus pavlii Elenevsky & Derv.-Sok., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 23: 56 (1986)
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