Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus pachyrrhizus Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 8 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves apically crowded, obovate-cuneate, deeply trilobate, lobes tridentate, flowers solitary, 1-2cm across, petals 10-15, obovate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |