Ranunculus trilobus

Threelobe buttercup

Family: Ranunculaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Threelobe buttercup is a naturalized perennial found in the central Coast Ranges in disturbed agricultural fields at elevations around 10 meters. Flowering in April, this plant produces small yellow flowers 4 to 5 millimeters long with reflexed sepals. Growing with erect or decumbent stems, it develops a distinctive leaf structure with compound leaves 5 to 8 centimeters long. Its leaves are cordate-ovate and 1-ternate, with leaflets that are cleft or parted and have dentate edges. The fruit is a disk-like body with a coarsely tubercled wall and a short hooked beak.

Habitat: Disturbed agricultural field

Bloom period: Apr

Elevation: +- 10 m.

Bioregions: CCo

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