Ranunculus allegheniensis |
Ranunculus inamoenus |
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Allegheny crowfoot, Allegheny Mountain buttercup |
graceful buttercup, unlovely buttercup |
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Roots | slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick. |
slender, 0.6-1.2 mm thick. |
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Stems | erect or nearly erect, 10-50 cm, glabrous, each with 9-40 flowers. |
erect, 5-33 cm, pilose or glabrous, each with 3-7 flowers. |
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Basal leaves | persistent, blades reniform, outer undivided, inner 3-lobed to 3-foliolate, 1-3.5 × 1.5-4.5 cm, base truncate or cordate, margins crenate, apex rounded or obtuse. |
persistent, blades ovate, obovate or orbiculate, rarely reniform, undivided or innermost with 2 clefts or partings near apex, 1-3.7 × 1.1-3.5 cm, base acute to rounded, margins entire, apex rounded. |
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Flowers | pedicels pubescent or glabrous; receptacle sparsely pilose; sepals 2-3 × 1-2 mm, abaxially sparsely hispid, hairs colorless; petals 5, 1-2 × 0.5-1 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
pedicels appressed-pubescent; receptacle pilose or glabrous; sepals 3-5 × 2-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 4-9 × 2-5 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
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Heads of achenes | globose to ovoid, 3-7 × 3-5 mm; achenes 1.5-2 × 1.4-1.8 mm, glabrous; beak slender, strongly curved, 0.6-1 mm. |
cylindric, 7-17 × 5-8 mm; achenes 1.5-2 × 1.3-1.8 mm, canescent or glabrous; beak subulate, straight or hooked, 0.4-2 mm. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Ranunculus allegheniensis |
Ranunculus inamoenus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul). | |||||
Habitat | Woods and pastures | |||||
Elevation | 0-1100 m (0-3600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CT; KY; MA; MD; NC; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WV
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AZ; CO; ID; MT; NE; NM; NV; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK
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Discussion | The Navaho-Ramah considered Ranunculus inamoenus to be an effective hunting medicine, used to protect hunters from their prey (D. E. Moerman 1986). Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||
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Name authority | Britton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 224. (1895) | Greene: Pittonia 3: 91. (1896) | ||||
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