Ranunculus paludosus Poiret

Spice Flower Flowers In the field

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Ranunculus

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: A perennial plant (resprouts each year) form ascending pilose stems (up to 50 cm.) that form a well developed leaf basal rosette. Differs from the rest of the species of buttercups mainly by: pilose basal leaves, some lobate while others more deeply divided. Flowers are large (35 mm. in diameter) and yellow in colour with patent sepals at the petals. The achene (seeds) are compressed and needled with a straight beak. Some of the roots are fibrous while others are tuberous.