Ranunculus kazusensis is
a perennial herb inhabiting clear water marshes, ponds, streams,
etc., in mountainous regions. Stems, 1-2m in length, take roots at
nodes onto the waters' bottoms and sway downstream. Submerged leaves
are of alternate phyllotaxis, 2-3cm in height; each is tri- to
tetra-ternate, the leaflets cleft in two afresh, and the terminal
lobes grow to thread-like - thus, the whole becomes fan-shaped. Leaf
axils emerge flower stalks, 1-2cm long, on the tip, single 5-petaled
6-10mm-in-width white flowers bloom - the center portions are
yellow. Bloom time: June-October. |