Ranunculus andersonii |
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Anderson's buttercup, pink buttercup |
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Stems | erect from short caudices, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. |
Basal leaf | blades cordate in outline, ternately 1-2x-compound, 1.5-3.8 × 2.1-3.8 cm, leaflets 2-3x-parted, ultimate segments elliptic to linear, margins entire or with occasional teeth, apex obtuse to acuminate. |
Flowers | receptacle hispid; sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-9 mm, glabrous; petals pinkish white, 12-18 × 9-13 mm. |
Tuberous | roots absent. |
Fruiting | heads globose or depressed-globose, 13-27 × 21-29 mm; fruit wall veined, inflated, not winged, fruits thus utricles; utricles 6-12 × 4-6 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, deltate or subulate from deltate base, 0.2-0.6 mm. |
Ranunculus andersonii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–May). |
Habitat | Slopes in sagebrush or pinyon-juniper woodland |
Elevation | 900-2300 m (3000-7500 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Crymodes |
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Synonyms | Beckwithia andersonii, R. andersonii var. juniperinus, R. andersonii var. tenellus, R. juniperinus |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 327. (1867) |
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