Ranunculus multifidus Forssk.

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Greystone Park NR

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At the bridge of the old power station, Nyahode river, road to Rusitu

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Synonyms:	Ranunculus plebeius sensu Eyles Ranunculus pubescens Thunb.
Common names:	African buttercup (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with stems up to 1 m. The leaves are partly in a basal rosette, 2-pinnate with the ultimate leaflets deeply, irregularly toothed, hairy. Flowers yellow, c. 20 mm in diameter, on a long, branched, mostly leafless, hollow flowering stem.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	multifidus: with many branches
Habitat:	In wet grassland and on river banks and vlei margins.
Flowering time:	Aug - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and Arabia.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 233. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 47. Exell, A.W. & Milne-Redhead, E. (1960). Ranunculaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 97 - 99. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 218. (Includes a picture). Linley, K. & Baker, B. (1972). Flowers of the Veld Bundu Series Longman Zimbabwe Page 37. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 69. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 100. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 95. Shone, D.K. & Drummond, R.B. (1965). Poisonous Plants of Rhodesia Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesia Pages 42 - 43. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 157. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98.

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