Scientific Name: Ranunculus glabrifolius
Common Name: shining buttercup
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Ranunculaceae
Form Description: Perennial rosette herb with stolons and dull, leathery, hairless or almost hairless leaves, with 3 sharply- toothed lobes.
Flowers: Golden yellow flowers on stems, 1–3-flowered, to about 25 cm long.
Fruit: Achene – inflated, lateral faces with 3-4 coarse, oblique ridges. Seeds turn from green to yellowish and have small beak-like attachment.
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Habitat Notes
In aquatic vegetation and short alpine herbfield in the eastern and central mountains.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Waterlogged, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Has adapted well to cultivation.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Ripe seeds fall if brushed. May contain up to 40 seeds but only 10, on average, may be ripe.
Seed Treatment Method
Cold Some species require exposure to cold before they germinate. These species are best sown in early winter and left to germinate in a shade house.
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed has a 2-3 month after-ripening period. May require stratification.