Ranunculus auricomus
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Ranunculus auricomus, known as Goldilocks Buttercup, is a perennial species of buttercup native to temperate Eurasia
. It is a calcicole
typically found in moist woods and at the margins of woods. It is apomictic
, and several hundred agamospecies have been recognised. The stem leaves are few and deeply divided giving the plant a filiform appearance. Petals fall easily or may not be present.
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
. It is a calcicole
Calcicole
A calcicole or calciphyte is a plant that does not tolerate acidic soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to dwell on chalk'. Under acidic conditions, aluminium becomes more soluble and phosphate-less. As a consequence, calcicoles grown on acidic soils often develop the symptoms of aluminium...
typically found in moist woods and at the margins of woods. It is apomictic
Apomixis
In botany, apomixis was defined by Winkler as replacement of the normal sexual reproduction by asexual reproduction, without fertilization. This definition notably does not mention meiosis...
, and several hundred agamospecies have been recognised. The stem leaves are few and deeply divided giving the plant a filiform appearance. Petals fall easily or may not be present.