Ranunculus sardous
Ranunculus orthorhynchus
hairy buttercup
straightbeak buttercup
Leaves mostly basal, long-petiolate, the blades pinnately compound, usually with 5 irregularly toothed or lobed, pointed leaflets;
cauline leaves alternate, the divisions deep, the ultimate segments linear.
Pedicels single-flowered, up to 15 cm. long;
sepals 6-9 mm. long, with soft hairs, usually reflexed, often purplish-tinged, early-deciduous;
petals 5, yellow, 9-18 mm. long;
nectary scale glabrous, fan-shaped, 0.5-1 mm. long, the lateral margins attached along the lower third;
receptacle spherical, up to 7 mm. long, hairy;
stamens 50-70;
pistils 20-50.
Achenes elliptic-obovate, compressed, 3.5 mm. long, smooth; stylar beak straight, 2.5-4 mm. long.
Ranunculus sardous
Ranunculus orthorhynchus
Occurring west of the Cascade in Washington; British Columbia to northern California; also in the eastern United States, Europe, Australia and Pacific Islands.
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southeastern Alaska to California, east to Idaho, western Montana, western Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada.
- Local floras:
BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
- Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA
- Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog.
- WildflowerSearch
- iNaturalist (observations)
- USDA Plants Database
- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
