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Ranunculus pumilio ( Ranunculaceae) 1:19
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| Ranunculus pumilio
(Ferny
Buttercup) is a small, rare herb. It is grows in wet
places in grasslands, especially in the northern Midlands. The plant
is tufted, with slender stems 5-30 cm long, spreading from the base
of the plant, and often trailing across the ground. The leaves are small
(only about 1cm wide), shaggy with hairs and trifoliate, with each
leaflet often trilobed. They are light grass green. It has very
small, yellow-green flowers. The achenes ("seeds") have
numerous bristles on their sides and edges. This species is similar
to R. sessiliflorus,
which is, however, a species of dry forests and dry grasslands and
has achenes ("seeds") with only a few bristles.
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