Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus allenii |
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southern Oregon buttercup |
Allen's buttercup, renoncule d'Allen |
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| Roots | never tuberous. |
slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick. |
| Stems | erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous. |
erect or ascending, 5-19 cm, sparsely pilose, each with 1-4 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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. |
| 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 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. |
| 2n | = 32. |
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Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus allenii |
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| Phenology | Flowering spring (May). | Flowering summer (Jul–Aug). |
| Habitat | Grassy hillsides | Wet alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, shores of lakes and streams |
| Elevation | 500 m [1600 ft] | 700-1300 m [2300-4300 ft] |
| Distribution |
OR
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NF; NT; QC |
| 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.) |
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| Name authority | L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 52: 341. (1954) | B. L. Robinson: Rhodora 7: 220. (1905) |
| Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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