Flora of Victoria

Variable glabrous or pubescent stoloniferous perennial to c. 50 cm high. Basal leaves tufted with petioles to c. 30 cm long or more; lamina c. deltoid in outline, trifoliolate, to 12 cm diam., glabrous or pilose, sometimes slightly variegated, segments variously toothed or further divided. Inflorescence a cymose panicle or a solitary flower; sepals 5, spreading, ovate; petals 5, spreading, broadly obovate to orbicular, 6–15 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, yellow, glossy; nectary lobe largely free, broad-cuneate to obovate, 1–2 mm long. Achenes usually 20–40, broadly elliptic, c. 3 mm long, minutely pitted on sides; beak c. 1 mm long, slightly curved; receptacle hispid. Flowers most of year.

*CVU, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *MuF, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP. Also naturalised SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Native to Europe and western Asia. Locally common in cooler, chiefly southern areas of the State, occurring in ditches, on roadsides and in disturbed, moist shaded forests. Often growing to the exclusion of other herbaceous species.

Source: Walsh, N.G. (1996). Ranunculaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2018-12-03

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Ranunculanae

order Ranunculales

family Ranunculaceae

genus Ranunculus

Higher taxa

species Ranunculus repens L.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Ranunculus repens in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Ranunculus repens in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Murray Fans	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Otway Plain	present	naturalised
Warrnambool Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Uplands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	naturalised
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised
Strzelecki Ranges	present	naturalised
Victorian Alps	present	naturalised
Snowy Mountains	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Ranunculus repens L.

Creeping Buttercup

Victoria

State distribution