Ranunculaceae

C. falcatus (L.) Pers., Syn. 1: 341 (1805). Syn: Ranunculusfalcatus L.. Sp. PL 556 (1753); C. incurvus Stev. in Bull. Soc. Mosc. 21: 269 (1848). I?: Reichb.. Ic. Fl. Germ. 3: f. 4570 (1838-39).
Usually scapose. adpressed-villose at least when young. Scapes up to 10 cm. Achenes 7-10 mm, the beak strongiy upcurved, usually with a rather broad groove between the empty ceils above. Fl. 4-5. Open places, s.L-1800 m.
Described from S. Europe (Hb. Linn. 7i5/71 photo.!).
Widespread but rare in the E. A1(A) Çanakkale: Erenköy, Sint. 1883:242! A2(E) Istanbul: Silivri Kapou, 18 v 1892, Azn.! A5 Amasya: Amasya, 300-600 m, Bornm. 1889: 19! A7 Gümüşane: 5 km S of Gümüşane, 1000 m, It. Leyd. 1959: 1704! A3 Çoruh: nr. Artvin, & A9 Kan: nr. Göle (Grossheim, 4: map 49). Bl Izmir: Izmir, Bal. 123! B4 Ankara: Dikmen Da., 1100 m, D. 26203! B5 Kayseri: Kayseri, Krause 5213! B6 Maraş: Maraş to Göksun, 600 m, D. 27427! C2 Burdur: Burdur, v 1845, Heldr.! C3 Antalya: Korkuteli to Kizilcadağ, 1400 m, Dudley, D. 35254! C5 Konya: Ereğli to Ulukışla, 1200 m, lt. Leyd. 1959: 1006! C6 Gaziantep: Gaziantep to Pazarcık, 800 m, D. 27806!
S. & C. Europe. S. & C. Russia. Cyprus, N.W. Africa, S.W. Asia. A very polymorphic species, showing variation in indumentum, size and degree of up-curving of the achene beak. The variation in these characters is not correlated. Very dwarf specimens have short achenes, and might be confused with C. testiculatus.

Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS.	Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS.	Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS.	Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS.
Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS.	Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS.	Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS.	Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) PERS