Ranunculus bulbosus L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Bulbous Buttercup
🇫🇷 Renoncule bulbeuse, Bouton-d’or bulbeux

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Ranunculeae
Genus: Ranunculus
Species: Ranunculus bulbosus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with many species of the genus Ranunculus. The sepals curved downward, the furrowed peduncle, the trisected basal leaves and the bulbous stem allow for the identification of R. bulbosus.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

R. bulbosus subsp. bulbosus L., 1753, P;
R. bulbosus subsp. castellanus (Freyn) P.W.Ball & Heywood, 1962.

Photographs

img/ranunculus-bulbosus.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus*

img/ranunculus-bulbosus-2.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus* - Sepals curved downwards

img/ranunculus-bulbosus-3.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus* - Fertilized flower with seeds

img/ranunculus-bulbosus-4.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus* - Flower bud

img/ranunculus-bulbosus-5.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus* - Cauline leaves

img/ranunculus-bulbosus-8.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus* - Basal leaf

img/ranunculus-bulbosus-6.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus*

img/ranunculus-bulbosus-7.webp — *Ranunculus bulbosus*

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 957). Biotope.