Ranunculus cymbalaria |
Ranunculus abortivus |
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kidney-leaf buttercup |
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Habit | Usually glabrous perennial from slender, fibrous roots, the stems several, one or more of them stolonous and freely-rooting, 1-4 dm. long, the others scapose, 5-30 cm. tall. | |
Leaves | Basal leaves with petioles 1-5 times the length of the blades, the blades cordate-lanceolate to rhombic, 1.5-3.5 cm. long and nearly as broad, 3-lobed at the tip; cauline leaves few, considerably reduced, alternate. |
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Flowers | Flowers 1-several on the scapes, bracteate; pedicels 2-6 cm. long; sepals 5, greenish-yellow, 2-4 mm. long; petals 5, pale yellow, 5-8 mm. long; nectary scale glabrous, about 0.4 mm. long, forming a pocket, laterally attached full length; receptacle cylindric, 3-10 mm. long; stamens 15-30; pistils 50-200. |
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Fruits | Achenes glabrous, laterally compressed, 2- to 4-nerved on each face, 1.5 mm. long; stylar beak stout, straight, 0.5 mm. long. |
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Ranunculus cymbalaria |
Ranunculus abortivus |
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Flowering time | May-August | July |
Habitat | Ditches, marshes and muddy meadowlands, often where saline or alkaline. | Montane forest understory and meadows. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains, Great Lakes, and northeastern North America.
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Occurring in the northeastern region of Washington; Yukon Territory to the southern Rocky Mountains and Gulf Coast, east to the Atlantic coast.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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