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Allegheny crowfoot, Allegheny Mountain buttercup

graceful buttercup, unlovely buttercup

Roots

slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick.

slender, 0.6-1.2 mm thick.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2n

= 16.

Ranunculus allegheniensis

Ranunculus inamoenus

Phenology Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul).
Habitat Woods and pastures
Elevation 0-1100 m (0-3600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; KY; MA; MD; NC; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WV
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from FNA
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.)

Key
1. Sepals 3–5 mm; beaks of achenes 0.4–0.9 mm.
var. inamoenus
1. Sepals 5–7 mm; beaks of achenes 1.4–2 mm.
var. subaffinis
Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes
Sibling taxa
R. abortivus, R. acriformis, R. acris, R. adoneus, R. alismifolius, R. allenii, R. ambigens, R. andersonii, R. aquatilis, R. arizonicus, R. arvensis, R. auricomus, R. austro-oreganus, R. bonariensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. canus, R. cardiophyllus, R. cooleyae, R. cymbalaria, R. eschscholtzii, R. fascicularis, R. fasciculatus, R. ficaria, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. gelidus, R. glaberrimus, R. glacialis, R. gmelinii, R. gormanii, R. harveyi, R. hebecarpus, R. hederaceus, R. hispidus, R. hydrocharoides, R. hyperboreus, R. hystriculus, R. inamoenus, R. jovis, R. kamtschaticus, R. lapponicus, R. laxicaulis, R. lobbii, R. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, R. micranthus, R. muricatus, R. nivalis, R. occidentalis, R. oresterus, R. orthorhynchus, R. pacificus, R. pallasii, R. parviflorus, R. pedatifidus, R. pensylvanicus, R. platensis, R. populago, R. pusillus, R. pygmaeus, R. ranunculinus, R. recurvatus, R. repens, R. rhomboideus, R. sabinei, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, R. sulphureus, R. testiculatus, R. trilobus, R. triternatus, R. turneri, R. uncinatus
R. abortivus, R. acriformis, R. acris, R. adoneus, R. alismifolius, R. allegheniensis, R. allenii, R. ambigens, R. andersonii, R. aquatilis, R. arizonicus, R. arvensis, R. auricomus, R. austro-oreganus, R. bonariensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. canus, R. cardiophyllus, R. cooleyae, R. cymbalaria, R. eschscholtzii, R. fascicularis, R. fasciculatus, R. ficaria, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. gelidus, R. glaberrimus, R. glacialis, R. gmelinii, R. gormanii, R. harveyi, R. hebecarpus, R. hederaceus, R. hispidus, R. hydrocharoides, R. hyperboreus, R. hystriculus, R. jovis, R. kamtschaticus, R. lapponicus, R. laxicaulis, R. lobbii, R. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, R. micranthus, R. muricatus, R. nivalis, R. occidentalis, R. oresterus, R. orthorhynchus, R. pacificus, R. pallasii, R. parviflorus, R. pedatifidus, R. pensylvanicus, R. platensis, R. populago, R. pusillus, R. pygmaeus, R. ranunculinus, R. recurvatus, R. repens, R. rhomboideus, R. sabinei, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, R. sulphureus, R. testiculatus, R. trilobus, R. triternatus, R. turneri, R. uncinatus
Subordinate taxa
R. inamoenus var. inamoenus, R. inamoenus var. subaffinis
Name authority Britton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 224. (1895) Greene: Pittonia 3: 91. (1896)
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