Ranunculus allegheniensis |
Ranunculus micranthus |
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Allegheny crowfoot, Allegheny Mountain buttercup |
rock buttercup, small-flower crowfoot |
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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 |
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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 |
CT; KY; MA; MD; NC; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WV
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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. |
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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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