Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus ambigens |
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southern Oregon buttercup |
water-plantain crowfoot, waterplantain spearwort |
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| Roots | never tuberous. |
not thickened basally, glabrous or somewhat canescent proximally. |
| Stems | erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous. |
erect or ascending, rooting at proximal nodes, glabrous or sparsely hirsute. |
| 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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| Proximal cauline leaf blades | lanceolate, 5.9-12.2 × 1.1-2.4 cm, base rounded-obtuse to acuminate, margins denticulate, apex acuminate. |
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| Inflorescences | bracts linear or lanceolate. |
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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 5, spreading or sometimes reflexed from base, 3-5 × 2-3 mm, glabrous; petals 5, 5-8 × 2-3 mm; nectary scales 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 short-ovoid to depressed-globose, 5-7 × 4-8 mm; achenes 1.8 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate, straight, 0.6-1.2 mm. |
Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus ambigens |
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| Phenology | Flowering spring (May). | Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug). |
| Habitat | Grassy hillsides | Creeks, ponds, ditches, marshes |
| Elevation | 500 m [1600 ft] | 0-700 m [0-2300 ft] |
| Distribution |
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AL; CT; DC; DE; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; WV
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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.) |
The name Ranunculus obtusiusculus Rafinesque has been mistakenly used for R. ambigens. (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) | S. Watson: Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot. 1: 16. (1878) |
| Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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