Ranunculus acris

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Ranunculus acris in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ranunculus acris, Linn., also spelled acer by some recent authors. Fig. 3344. Perennial, 8 in. to 3 ft. high: sts. erect, pubescent, many-fld.: radical lvs. tufted, petioled, palmately 3—7-parted, divisions sessile and cleft; cauline lvs. similar, petioles shorter and sheathing the st.; uppermost only 3-parted, lobes entire, nearly linear: fls. golden yellow, about 1 in. across; sepals spreading, ovate, villous beneath; petals 5, glabrous, glossy, obovoid, obtuse, bearing a prominent scale at the base, much longer than the sepals: achenes in a globose head, coriaceous on the margins, compressed, beak less than half the length of the body. April-Sept. Eu. and naturalized in N. Amer., Newfoundland, Canada and the Atlantic states. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:111. Var. flore-pleno, Hort. (R. acer flore-pleno, Hort.), is a double form which is more common in cult. The most desirable forms are rich glossy golden yellow and very double; known horticulturally as "yellow bachelor's buttons. B.M. 215. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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