Ranunculus multifidus Forssk.

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Greystone Park NR

Synonyms:	Ranunculus plebeius sensu Eyles Ranunculus pubescens Thunb.
Common names:	African buttercup (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with stems up to 1 m. The leaves are partly in a basal rosette, 2-pinnate with the ultimate leaflets deeply, irregularly toothed, hairy. Flowers yellow, c. 20 mm in diameter, on a long, branched, mostly leafless, hollow flowering stem.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	multifidus: with many branches
Habitat:	In wet grassland and on river banks and vlei margins.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Aug - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical and S Africa, Madagascar and Arabia.
Mozambique distribution:	N,MS,GI,M
Growth form:	P
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 4 October 2008
Literature:	Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 100. (Includes a picture).

African Plant Database: Ranunculus multifidus
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Ranunculus multifidus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ranunculus multifidus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ranunculus multifidus
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ranunculus multifidus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ranunculus multifidus
JSTOR Plant Science: Ranunculus multifidus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ranunculus multifidus
Tropicos: Ranunculus multifidus
West African Plants database: Ranunculus multifidus