Family |
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus demissus
DC.
Ranunculus demissus DC.
First published in Syst. Nat. 1: 275 (1817).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 42, Pl. XV, 4; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Dwarf perennial with an oblique rhizome, thick roots and fibrous sheaths around the crown. Stems prostrate or ascending, 5–15 cm long, simple or sparingly branched, hairless except for slight hairiness near the flowers.
Leaves: Nearly hairless or sparsely hairy on the stalk and underside, blackening when dried. Blades divided into three stalked segments, themselves palmately divided into oval-lanceolate, more or less pointed lobes. Stem leaves absent or reduced to two narrow lobes near the middle of the stem.
Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers slightly more than 1 cm across; sepals spreading or appressed and lightly hairy.
Fruit: Achenes sometimes swollen, without tubercles on the disc, with a narrow, indistinct margin and a very short, backward-curved beak.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: May–August, sometimes later at higher elevations.
Habitat & elevation: Margins of melting snow patches in the high mountains, above 2,000 m.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Sannine, above Tannourine, Ehden and Hasroun, Cedars Pass, Foumm el Mizhab, Makmel, Qornet es Saouda and Mount Hermon.
Recorded locations: Sannine, Tannourine and Bekish.
Native range: Albania, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Spain and Türkiye.