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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Ranunculus scapiger
Common Name: gully buttercup
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Ranunculaceae
Form Description: Rosette herb, leaves orb-shaped, not usually deeply dissected and with soft, spreading, pressed hairs.
Flowers: Golden yellow, may have red flushing, stalks longer than leaves. Sepals pointing down.
Fruit: Achene – smooth with narrow marginal rib. Beak coiled at apex and often purplish. Seeds turn from green to yellowish.
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Plant Communities
Habitat Notes
Local at lower elevations in the eastern mountains in damp alpine grassland.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Moist
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Well-drained
Propagation Calendar
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Flowering Month
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Seed Collecting Month
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Sowing Month
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Cutting Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Ripe seeds fall if brushed. Heads may contain up to 40 seeds but only 10, on average, may be ripe.
Seed Treatment Method
Storage Stratification at 3-5°C for up to 3 months may improve results. Place seed in a damp medium, lightly covered. Put moist seeds in a plastic bag and store in the fridge.
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed has a 2-3 month after-ripening period. Sow in Autumn.
Cutting & Division Information
Can be grown by division.