Ranunculus allegheniensis |
Ranunculus nivalis |
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Allegheny crowfoot, Allegheny Mountain buttercup |
renoncule nivale, snow buttercup |
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Roots | slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick. |
slender, 0.4-0.8 mm thick. |
Stems | erect or nearly erect, 10-50 cm, glabrous, each with 9-40 flowers. |
erect from short caudices, 4-22 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, each with 1 flower. |
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 or deciduous, blades reniform, 3-parted, 0.6-2 × 1.3-3 cm, at least lateral segments again lobed or margins toothed, base truncate or cordate, apices of segments rounded-apiculate. |
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 brown-pilose; receptacle glabrous; sepals 6-8 × 3-5 mm, abaxially densely brown-hispid; petals 5(-6), 8-11 × 7-12 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 or ovoid-cylindric, 7-14 × 5-6 mm; achenes 1.5-2.2 × 1.2-1.6 mm, glabrous; beak slender, straight, 1-2 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 48. |
Ranunculus allegheniensis |
Ranunculus nivalis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul). | Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Woods and pastures | Wet or dry alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, cliffs, and streamsides |
Elevation | 0-1100 m (0-3600 ft) | 0-1300 m (0-4300 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; KY; MA; MD; NC; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WV
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AK; AB; BC; NF; NT; QC; YT; Greenland; Eurasia |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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Name authority | Britton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 224. (1895) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 553. (1753) |
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