Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus acriformis |
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southern Oregon buttercup |
sharpleaf buttercup |
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| Roots | never tuberous. |
never tuberous, sometimes thick and ± fleshy proximally. |
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| Stems | erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous. |
erect, not rooting nodally, hirsute or strigose, base not bulbous. |
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| Basal leaf blades | broadly rhombic to semicircular in outline, 3-parted, 2.8-4.3 × 3-5.5 cm, segments 3-lobed, ultimate segments lanceolate, margins entire or toothed, apex narrowly acute or acuminate. |
broadly ovate to cordate or sometimes reniform in outline, deeply 3-divided or occasionally 3-foliolate, 2.2-6 × 2.5-7.7(-10) cm, divisions 1-2x deeply parted or -dissected, ultimate segments linear to broadly linear, margins entire (occasionally a lobe reduced to large tooth), apex acute or rounded-acute. |
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| Flowers | receptacle glabrous; sepals reflexed 1 mm above base, 4-6 × 1.5-3 mm, densely pilose; petals 5, abaxially red, adaxially yellow, 10-12 × 4-6 mm. |
receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading or variously reflexed, 4-6 × 2-4 mm, appressed-hirsute; petals 5(-10), yellow, 7-13 × 4-10 mm. |
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| Heads | of achenes hemispheric, 4-7 × 7-10 mm; achenes 3.4-4.2 × 2.8-3.2 mm, sometimes basally pilose, margin forming narrow rib 0.1-0.2 mm wide; beak persistent, lance-subulate, straight or somewhat curved distally, 1.6-2.6 mm. |
of achenes hemispheric or globose, 5-8 × 6-8(-10) mm; achenes 2.2-3.4 × 2-3 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.1-0.2 mm wide; beak persistent, lanceolate, strongly curved, 0.4-1.6 mm. |
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Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus acriformis |
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| Phenology | Flowering spring (May). | |||||||||
| Habitat | Grassy hillsides | |||||||||
| Elevation | 500 m [1600 ft] | |||||||||
| Distribution |
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CO; ID; MT; UT; WY
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| Discussion | Of conservation concern. Ranunculus austro-oreganus is doubtfully distinct from R. occidentalis var. howellii. L. D. Benson (1954) described the stem as bulbous-based and similar to that of R. bulbosus, but a differentiated base is not evident in material I have seen (some of which was cited by Benson). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 3 (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Name authority | L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 52: 341. (1954) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 374. (1886) | ||||||||
| Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||
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