Perennial glabrous herb with stems very short or trailing, to c. 10 cm long. Leaves apparently rosetted or alternate; petioles 2–6 cm long; lamina ovate to almost circular or reniform, shallowly to deeply cordate, c. 1–3 cm diam. Flowering stems ascending to erect, to c. 5 cm long; sepals ovate, 5–8 mm long, membranous, attached slightly above base; petals usually 8, narrow-elliptic, 8–12 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; stamens 20–30. Achenes c. 20, ovoid, weakly keeled, beak barely developed (mature achenes not seen). Flowers Sep.–Nov.
VVP, GipP, CVU, HSF. Native to Europe. First recorded in Victoria in 1986 from poorly-drained areas within lawn adjacent to Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, with subsequent collections made in the Dandenong Ranges and surrounds.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Ranunculaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 35–63. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
