Flora of North America species comparison

The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links

Ranunculus alismifolius var. montanus

Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus
Photo is of parent taxon

waterplantain buttercup
Photo is of parent taxon

dwarf plantain-leaf buttercup, plantainleaf buttercup, slender buttercup
Roots

± fusiform-thickened proximally.

not or weakly fusiform-thickened proximally.
Stems

15-40 cm × 2-7 mm, glabrous.

6-21 cm × 1-3 mm, glabrous.
Leaves

blade lanceolate to narrowly ovate or elliptic, 2.4-9.7 × 0.9-2.2 cm, base acute to rounded-obtuse, margins entire, rarely serrulate.

blade ovate or elliptic, 1.8-4.8 × 0.7-1.6 cm, base rounded to broadly acute, margins entire.
Flowers

petals (5-)7-12, 5-9 × 2-3 mm.

petals 5(-8), 5-8 × 2-6 mm.
2n

= 16.

Ranunculus alismifolius var. montanus

Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus
Phenology Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug). Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat Wet meadows or stream banks Damp meadows, woods, streams
Elevation 1800-3500 m (5900-11500 ft) 1400-3600 m (4600-11800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; ID; NV; UT; WY
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; Mexico (Baja Calif)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Flammula > Ranunculus alismifolius Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Flammula > Ranunculus alismifolius
Sibling taxa
R. alismifolius var. alismellus, R. alismifolius var. alismifolius, R. alismifolius var. davisii, R. alismifolius var. hartwegii, R. alismifolius var. lemmonii
R. alismifolius var. alismifolius, R. alismifolius var. davisii, R. alismifolius var. hartwegii, R. alismifolius var. lemmonii, R. alismifolius var. montanus
Name authority S. Watson: List Pl. Nevada Utah, 7. (1871) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 327. (1867)
Web links 
Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the online version of the Flora of North America, who have made most of their content available via a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0).



Type/paste one or more Latin names into the boxes above; matching taxa will show up below the box as you type. You can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the list.

(If the plant you're looking for doesn't show up in the auto-complete list, that means it either isn't described in Flora of North America yet, or it's listed under a synonym. And please note that Flora of North America is still missing several plant families, including Apiaceae, Boraginaceae, and Polemoniaceae.)

Choose a data source: Flora of North America, OregonFlora, UW Burke Herbarium

The species comparison tool is brought to you by:
Northwest Wildflowers