Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Vill.

Spice Detail Flowers In the field

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Ranunculus

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Wedlands and watercourses.

Characteristics: An annual plant with ascendant stems (up to 50 cm.), which distinguishes it from the rest of the buttercup species mainly by: leaves entire, ovate-lanceolate and petiolate; small yellow flowers (up to 11 cm. in diameter) with the floral peduncles opposite the leaves. The achenes (seeds) are ellipsoidal, dark brown in colour, with a thick margin and tuberculate side faces.