Burke: Ranunculus sardous vs. Ranunculus pygmaeus

	Ranunculus sardous	Ranunculus pygmaeus
	hairy buttercup	dwarf buttercup

	Ranunculus sardous	Ranunculus pygmaeus
Flowering time	May-July	June-August
Habitat	Disturbed areas, fields and open woods.	Alpine meadows and rock crevices, generally near snowbanks.
Distribution	Occurring west of the Cascade in Washington; British Columbia to northern California; also in the eastern United States, Europe, Australia and Pacific Islands. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in north-central Washington; Alaska to Washington, Idaho and the Rocky Mountains, east across northern Canada to Greenland, and Europe. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Introduced from Europe	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	R. abortivus, R. acris, R. alismifolius, R. aquatilis, R. arvensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. cardiophyllus, R. eschscholtzii, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. glaberrimus, R. gmelinii, R. grayi, R. hebecarpus, R. inamoenus, R. macounii, R. muricatus, R. occidentalis, R. orthorhynchus, R. parviflorus, R. pensylvanicus, R. populago, R. pygmaeus, R. repens, R. sceleratus, R. triternatus, R. uncinatus	R. abortivus, R. acris, R. alismifolius, R. aquatilis, R. arvensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. cardiophyllus, R. eschscholtzii, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. glaberrimus, R. gmelinii, R. grayi, R. hebecarpus, R. inamoenus, R. macounii, R. muricatus, R. occidentalis, R. orthorhynchus, R. parviflorus, R. pensylvanicus, R. populago, R. repens, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, R. triternatus, R. uncinatus
Web links	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, WA Local Web sites: 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

Ranunculus sardous

Ranunculus pygmaeus

hairy buttercup

dwarf buttercup

Ranunculus sardous

Ranunculus pygmaeus

Flowering time

May-July

June-August

Habitat

Disturbed areas, fields and open woods.

Alpine meadows and rock crevices, generally near snowbanks.

Distribution

Occurring west of the Cascade in Washington; British Columbia to northern California; also in the eastern United States, Europe, Australia and Pacific Islands.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in north-central Washington; Alaska to Washington, Idaho and the Rocky Mountains, east across northern Canada to Greenland, and Europe.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Introduced from Europe

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)

Sibling taxa