Ranunculus ID please

[Lesley Cox]

Definitely not a potentilla. They always have those little extra leafy bits in pairs below the main leaf lobes. Not to be mistaken for anything else. Not a pulsatilla either. Those roots would have me worried. They look as if, when released from the pot, they could colonize at a great rate.

[Paul T]

Lesley,

I hadn't clicked that those were runners, not just big healthy white roots.    OK, never heard of a Pulsatilla that did that.  Had just assumed that the plant was healthy, not that it was intending to colonise Mark and everyone else nearby's gardens!! 

[Lvandelft]

A Ranunculus caused a stir yesterday at one of the sales tables at the Dublin AGS show. All the plants people bought it. I'll take a photo later. It comes in to leaf in late winter, flowers in May and dies down. It has tubers. The leaves are covered in silver hairs. Anyone know what it is?

Mark, you (and the others in Eire) have acquired a beautyful weed, this Ranunculus has beautyful flowers and will die off in summer.
We used to grow it by the hundreds for many years and it was a good seller.

(I believe the Irish nurseries got it from a friend of mine in Austria, who mailed me
with the same question and told the Irish people don't know it    )

[mark smyth]

Thanks for the info. Can you find out please what Ranunculus it is?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Mark,

This is what I grow as Ranunculus bulbosus flora plena ....

Not unsimilar I think ? 

[ranunculus]

Now you HAVE got me interested Luit.....a 'weedy' Ranunculus with beautiful flowers...?

[mark smyth]

I see! I went out just now and measured the fully formed flower. It's 2.5 x .5cm

[Lvandelft]

I see! I went out just now and measured the fully formed flower. It's 2.5 x .5cm

Mark would you show a picture of this flower.
I remember there was a picture once in the Curtis Botanical Magazine and I might have made a dia
of the plant in flower, but finding this would take many days I'm afraid.
I'm pretty sure what it is, but that would help my senior brains a lot. 

Now you HAVE got me interested Luit.....a 'weedy' Ranunculus with beautiful flowers...?

  Is it possible, Mr. Ranunculus does not know this plant?

[Paul T]

Now you HAVE got me interested Luit.....a 'weedy' Ranunculus with beautiful flowers...?

Cliff,

What about Rununculus acris flore-plena?  As far as I know it can be a bit weedy, and it has perfect 1 inch wide full double "button" flowers.  Absolutely perfect.  The flowers are on relatively tall stems, making them easier to see as well.  I just love it, but I keep it in a pot to be safe.

[Maggi Young]

FOLKS, I THINK YOU ARE GETTING CONFUSED HERE.... THERE  ARE two PLANTS UNDER DISCUSSION.... ONE THE LITTLE YELLOW DOUBLE JOB THAT MARK FIRST QUERIED AND , MORE RECENTLY, THE UNFLOWERED PLANT FROM THE DUBLIN SHOW SALES TABLE!!

[mark smyth]

I knew people were getting confused

Luc my wee plant is tiny at 5cm high with the flower width being half it's height. Still no sign of extra growth. This is it just now

[Lvandelft]

I see! I went out just now and measured the fully formed flower. It's 2.5 x .5cm

I thought you had a flower from the Dublin plant

[mark smyth]

No but it has a bud between the leaves. Maybe it will open for next weekend

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I knew people were getting confused

Luc my wee plant is tiny at 5cm high with the flower width being half it's height. Still no sign of extra growth. This is it just now

My R. bulbosus flora plena is about 10-15 cm high in flower.

[Lvandelft]

No but it has a bud between the leaves. Maybe it will open for next weekend

Mark, Now I know the name.
By coincidence when reading an article about bamboo, some bells were ringing.

Your plant is:

RANUNCULUS PSILOSTACHYS.

Sorry it took so long.
Must try to strengthen my Senior brains more.   


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 I really had some difficulties with one word. It works GREAT.