Parque Nacional Garajonay

Macaronesian buttercup (Ranunculus cortusifolius)

A robust and hairy plant from the family of the Ranunculaceae. The flowers are of a striking brilliant yellow colour and the leaves are heart-shaped with shallow lobes. It carpets the undergrowth in somewhat open areas with a certain moisture in laurisilva woodlands and fayal-brezal. Flowering: mid March-May