Ranunculus asiaticus, Turban Buttercup, Scarlet crowfoot, נורית אסיה

Ranunculus asiaticus, Turban Buttercup, Scarlet crowfoot,
נורית אסיה


Scientific name:		Ranunculus asiaticus
Common name		Turban Buttercup, Scarlet crowfoot
Hebrew name:		נורית אסיה
Family:		Ranunculaceae, נוריתיים


Life form (Raunkiaer):		Geophyte
Leaves:		Alternate, dissected, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		Red, Yellow, Orange
Flowering Period:		February, March, April, May
Habitat:		: Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

_{Date Picture Taken: April 8, 2008}

Derivation of the botanical name:
Ranunculus, rana, "frog", Ranunculus, "little frog", literally froglike (from marshy places).
asiaticus, Asian.

H.B.Tristram says: "Almost a rival of the Anemone in brilliancy, though less common and smaller, is the Ranunculus asiaticus."
The scarlet crowfoot usually blooms after the anemone. It has thick srorage roots, side by side with fibrous absorption roots. The food reserves are removed each year to build up arial shoots, which, in their turn, produce new roots.

Ranunculus asiaticus, Turban Buttercup, Scarlet crowfoot, נורית אסיה

_{Date Picture Taken: March 22, 2008}