Ranunculus allenii |
Ranunculus rhomboideus |
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Allen's buttercup, renoncule d'Allen |
Labrador buttercup, prairie buttercup, prairie crowfoot |
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Roots | slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick. |
slender, 0.8-1.8 mm thick. |
Stems | erect or ascending, 5-19 cm, sparsely pilose, each with 1-4 flowers. |
erect, 5-22 cm, pilose or occasionally glabrous, each with 3-12 flowers. |
Basal leaves | persistent, blades reniform or semicircular, undivided or some 3-parted, 1.4-2.1 × 1.7-2.8 cm, base cordate or truncate, margins crenate with more than 5 crenae, apex rounded. |
persistent, blades ovate to rhombic, undivided or rarely innermost 3-parted, 1.1-5.3 × 0.9-3.6 cm, base obtuse, margins crenate with 5 crenae, apex rounded. |
Flowers | pedicels pilose, sometimes sparsely so; receptacle hispid; sepals 4-6 × 2-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 4-5 × 2-4 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
pedicels pilose; receptacle pilose; sepals 4-6 × 1.5-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 6-8 × 2-4 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
Heads of achenes | ovoid to cylindric, 4-7 × 4-6 mm; achenes 1.6-1.8 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lance-subulate, curved, 0.4-0.6 mm. |
depressed-globose, 4-6 × 5-7 mm; achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.2-1.8 mm, glabrous; beak slender, curved, 0.2-0.3 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
= 16. |
Ranunculus allenii |
Ranunculus rhomboideus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jul–Aug). | Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). |
Habitat | Wet alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, shores of lakes and streams | Prairies, or occasionally open woods or thickets |
Elevation | 700-1300 m (2300-4300 ft) | 0-900 m (0-3000 ft) |
Distribution |
NF; NT; QC |
IA; IL; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; SD; WI; AB; BC; MB; NT; ON; SK
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Discussion | In addition to the range given above, L. D. Benson (1948) cited nineteenth-century specimens from Quebec, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. No modern specimens have been seen from those areas. (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 | B. L. Robinson: Rhodora 7: 220. (1905) | Goldie: Edinburgh J. Sci. 6: 329. (1822) |
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