Skye Flora

Meadow Buttercup


Ranunculus acris

 

Ranunculus acris

Photo © Carl Farmer
19 Oct 2002 Torvaig

Common in damp grassland, roadsides, etc, including high in hills.

Flower diameter c 1.7 cm

Skye ID: All leaves divided virtually to base into three lobes, none of the lobes stalked. 

Other features: Flower-stalks not furrowed, sepals appressed to flower, not downturned.  Does not have creeping runners.

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Ranunculus acris

Photo © Carl Farmer
22 Sep 2001 Storr
 

  Ranunculus acris

Photo © Carl Farmer
20 Sep 2001 Portree
 

Small mountain form   Leaves

 

Photo © Carl Farmer
3 Aug 2002 Portree

 

 

Ranunculus acris

Photo © Carl Farmer
22 Sep 2002 Portree

 

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