Ranunculus testiculatus
Ranunculus sardous
hairy buttercup
Leaves all basal, 1.5-4 cm. long, ternate to bi-ternate, the segments linear, about equal in width to the petioles.
Peduncles leafless, 2-8 cm. tall, the flowers solitary;
sepals 5, greenish, ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long;
petals 5, pale yellow, narrow, 5-8 mm. long;
nectary scale oblong-elliptic, 1 mm. long, the lateral margins free to the base;
receptacle linear, glabrous;
stamens 10-15;
achenes 35-70, spreading.
Achene with 2 bulges on the base, then narrowed to a straight beak 3-4 mm. long.
Ranunculus testiculatus
Ranunculus sardous
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.
Occurring west of the Cascade in Washington; British Columbia to northern California; also in the eastern United States, Europe, Australia and Pacific Islands.
- 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
