Ranunculus bulbosus

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Ranunculus bulbosus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ranunculus bulbosus. Linn. (R. speciosus, Hort.). Perennial, about 1 ft. high: root a true bulb: sts. erect, hirsute: lvs. petioled, broad ovate, 3-5-parted, terminal division petioluled, lateral sessile or nearly so, all variously lobed or cleft: peduncles sulcate: fis. bright yellow, about 1 in. across, terminating the branches; sepals often reflexed; petals 5-7, much larger than the sepals, obovate, shining above: achenes in a globose head, ovate, compressed beak very short, bowed; receptacle slightly villous. Eu., Persia, N. Afr., naturalized in N. Amer., New England to N. C., Tenn., and La. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:112.—One of the common field buttercups. Var. flore-pleno, Hort. (R. speciosus flore-pleno, Hort. R. speciosus plenus, Hort.), is a double-fld. form. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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