Botanical name:Ranunculus rubrocalyxFamily:Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family) Synonyms: Ranunculus rufosepalus var. parviflora
Red-Sepal Buttercup is a perennial herb, sometime
loosely growing in clusters. Flower-cluster-stalks are densely hairy
towards the uppermost part. Flowers arise singly, 1.5-1.8 cm across,
yellow. Petals are 0.7-0.9 cm long, obovate. Sepals are 0.5-0.7 cm
long, ovate, red-brown, with short appressed white hairs. Stem is 8-20
cm long, one to many, rising up, sparsely with appressed hairs
throughout. Radical leaves are stalked; blade 3-parted, nearly round in
outline, segments obovate, free to the base or united, toothed, hairy
at margins; lobules ovate-oblong entire or toothed; leaf-stalks 4-6 cm
long, sparsely appressed with white hairs. Stem leaves are few,
stalkless, palmately parted; lobes linear, entire or incised toothed.
Red-Sepal Buttercup is found in NW Himalaya, Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Russia, in rocky areas up to altitudes of 4400 m. Flowering:
June-August.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in enroute to Changla, Ladakh.
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