Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus insertus G.Simpson |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 79: 421 (1952) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves in rosettes, petiolate, in outline deltate, cordate, ternate, segments lobate, mucronate, ciliate, scapes thinly pilose, flowers subsessile, sepals 5, petals oblong |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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) |