Ranunculus sardous Crantz, 1763

Common names

🇬🇧 Hairy Buttercup
🇫🇷 Renoncule de Sardaigne, Renoncule sarde, Sardonie, Renoncule des marais

Taxonomy

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

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 non-bulbous stem allow for the identification of R. sardous.

Photographs

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

img/ranunculus-sardous-2.webp — *Ranunculus sardous*

img/ranunculus-sardous-3.webp — *Ranunculus sardous*

img/ranunculus-sardous-4.webp — *Ranunculus sardous*

img/ranunculus-sardous-5.webp — *Ranunculus sardous* - Flower buds

img/ranunculus-sardous-6.webp — *Ranunculus sardous* - Leaf

Sources

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