Anemone Buttercup
Ranunculus anemoneus
Family Ranunculaceae
Endangered alpine endemic
About
An endangered alpine buttercup restricted to the high country of the Snowy Mountains, photographed growing above Lake Albina on the Main Range within Kosciuszko National Park.
How to spot it
A perennial alpine herb of the buttercup family, flowering in the short high-altitude summer near snowmelt streams and alpine lakes such as Lake Albina, well above the treeline.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Kosciuszko National Park — Snowy Mountains & Southern NSW hikes
Source: Wikipedia: Ranunculus anemoneus