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Ranunculus auricomus L.
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A common species in the nemoral forests, totally apomictic (propagation through seeds which are not the result of sexual reproduction but parthenogenesis). Due to this the majority of the individuals have deffective corollas, most of them even with no petals at all.
Faget forest, south-west of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj county, 21st of April 2011. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.net
Individuals from the same forestry area photographed at the same date but a few hundreds meters to the north, around 46 44 55.85 N / 23 32 59 06 E. These all have divided basal leaves and were formerly classified as Ranunculus binatus Kit.
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