Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus haastii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 6 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Description | basal leaves broadly reniform in outline, pinnate, 5-7 segments deeply and irregularly incised, flowers solitary, 2-4cm across, with 5-15, narrowly cuneate petals |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |