Ranunculus trilobus Desf. APNI* 
Description: Annual, nearly glabrous.
Flowering stems to 50 cm high.
Basal leaves with lamina c. 1–4 cm long and equally wide, entire or lobed; upper leaves ternate, segments obovate with cuneate base, toothed or more deeply dissected into oblong or linear lobes; petiole 3–12 cm long. Flowers 8–15 mm diam. Petals 3–5, elliptic.
Achenes 2–3 mm long with short blunt tubercles on the lateral faces, and a short beak.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Naturalized in the Leeton district. Native of S Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *SWS, *NWP, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Vic. *S.A.
Text by B. G. Briggs & R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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