Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus gracilipes Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 8 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | basal leaves in outline oblong, bi- or tripinnate, segments deeply and narrowly lobate, shiny, flowers 1-4, ca. 2cm across, floral pedicels reddish and pilose |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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) |