Ranunculus silerifolius var. silerifolius("Yamakitsunenobotan")
Japanese name: ヤマキツネノボタン（山狐牡丹） Scientific name:Ranunculus silerifolius var. silerifolius
[Overview]
A perennial 20–30 cm tall, found in moist places at the edges of woods in the mountains.
The stem is slender and branches well in the upper part, with many ascending hairs.
There are basal leaves and alternate leaves on the stem; 1–3 basal leaves appear, each a trifoliate compound leaf 2–14 cm long and 2.5–16 cm wide, with shallowly cut lobes and toothed margins.
Both surfaces of the leaves have appressed hairs.
The basal leaves have petioles 3–25 cm long.
The stem leaves are divided into 3 to the base, and the petioles are short or absent.
The flowers are borne 2–5 in cymes at the top of the stem or are solitary, with flower stalks 1.5–2 cm long.
The flowers are yellow, 5-petaled, about 0.8 cm across, and the petals are 0.4–0.6 cm long.
The sepals have appressed hairs on the outside and are bent back at flowering time.
The fruit is a spherical aggregate fruit 0.8 cm across.
The achenes are 0.3 cm long and flattened, with no border or a border only at the base, and the tip is strongly hooked.
