Slender Buttercup

Slender Buttercup

Slender Buttercup

Ranunculus robertsonii


Perennial. Locally common in swamps, seasonally wet depressions and moist mossy ledges and crevices overlying rock.


Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Buttercup
Identifying Characteristics

Medium herb to 25 cm tall. Leaves shiny and very divided. Flowers have five bright yellow petals. Flowers August-December.

Distinctive Features

Buttercup-like flower.

Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Medium Herb (MH)
EVC types
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Species
robertsonii
Slender Buttercup
Occurs from south-eastern South Australia to near Maryborough, Victoria.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.