Ranunculus sardous Crantz.

Spice Flower In the field

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Ranunculus

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Herbaceous communities in wet soils.

Characteristics: This is one of the more frequently found Ranunculus, can be identified by its flowers of some two centimetres in diameter, with reflex petals. Leaf forms are variable, but normally divided into lobes. Flowering in the spring.