Ranunculus macrophyllus Desf.

Spice Flowers In the field

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Ranunculus

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

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

Characteristics: This is the largest species of Ranunculus living in our flora. It can reach up to one metre in height, the leaves of the bottom part have a limb with deep lobules, they can reach more than 10 cm in width and are covered, like the rest of the plant, with a dense pilosity. The flowers are butter-yellow, glossy, with sepals on the petals (many species of Ranunculus with similar features have reflected sepals). It lives in moist places but not necessarily in ponds. It has quite a long flowering season, from the end of winter to almost summer.