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Ranunculus reflexus
Ranunculus reflexus, the hairy buttercup, maru, maruru, kopukapuka, or pirikau, is a species of buttercup.
Phil Garnock-Jones described the species in 1987, as the first legitimate description of what was previously known as Ranunculus hirtus.
Endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, found throughout the North and South Islands, Rakiura Stewart Island, Rēkohu Chatham Islands, and the sub-Antarctic Islands.
Littleleaf buttercup · Sand Buttercup · Aconite-leaf buttercup · Ranunculus acraeus · Meadow buttercup · Alpine buttercup · Fall buttercup · Plantainleaf buttercup · Allegheny Mountain buttercup · Allen's buttercup · Ranunculus altus · Waterplantain spearwort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ranunculus reflexus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
