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Allegheny crowfoot, Allegheny Mountain buttercup

rock buttercup, small-flower crowfoot

Roots

slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick.

dimorphic, some filiform, 0.2-0.6 mm thick and some with tuberous bases 1-2 mm thick.

Stems

erect or nearly erect, 10-50 cm, glabrous, each with 9-40 flowers.

erect, 11-40 cm, villous, each with 8-35 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, orbiculate, or transversely elliptic, outer blades undivided, inner 3-parted or 3-foliolate, 1-3.3 × 1-3 cm, base truncate to broadly obtuse or sometimes weakly cordate, margins crenate, apex rounded-obtuse.

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 glabrous or villous;

receptacle glabrous;

sepals 2-4 × 1-1.5 mm, abaxially glabrous or pubescent, hairs colorless;

petals 5, 1.5-3.5 × 0.5-1.5 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.

globose to cylindric, 3-7 × 2-4 mm;

achenes 1.1-1.5 × 1-1.3 mm, glabrous;

beak subulate, straight or curved, 0.2-0.3 mm.

2n

= 16.

= 16.

Ranunculus allegheniensis

Ranunculus micranthus

Phenology Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul). Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat Woods and pastures Woods, meadows, and clearings
Elevation 0-1100 m (0-3600 ft) 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; KY; MA; MD; NC; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WV
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from FNA
AL; AR; CT; DC; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TN; VA; WV
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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. inamoenus, R. jovis, R. kamtschaticus, R. lapponicus, R. laxicaulis, R. lobbii, R. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, 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
Synonyms R. micranthus var. cymbalistes, R. micranthus var. delitescens
Name authority Britton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 224. (1895) Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 18. (1838)
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