Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus cymbalaria |
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southern Oregon buttercup |
alkali buttercup, renoncule cymbalaire, seaside buttercup, seaside crowfoot, shore buttercup |
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| Roots | never tuberous. |
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| Stems | erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous. |
dimorphic, flowering stems erect or ascending, stolons prostrate, rooting nodally, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, not bulbous-based. |
| Basal leaves | simple and undivided, blades oblong to cordate or circular, 0.7-3.8 × 0.8-3.2 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins crenate or crenate-serrate, 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. |
receptacle hispid or glabrous; sepals spreading, 2.5-6 × 1.5-3 mm, glabrous; petals 5, yellow, 2-7 × 1-3 mm. |
| 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 long-ovoid or cylindric, 6-12 × 4-5(-9) mm; achenes 1-1.4(-2.2) × 0.8-1.2 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, conic, straight, 0.1-0.2 mm. |
| Tuberous | roots absent. |
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| 2n | = 16. |
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Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus cymbalaria |
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| Phenology | Flowering spring (May). | Flowering late spring–summer (May–Sep). |
| Habitat | Grassy hillsides | |
| Elevation | 500 m [1600 ft] | |
| Distribution |
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Bogs; marshes; ditches; stream banks; often saline |
| 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.) |
Various Navaho groups used Ranunculus cymbalaria as a venereal aid, an emetic, and a ceremonial medicine. The Kawaiisu used it as a dermatological aid (D. E. Moerman 1986). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | Halerpestes cymbalaria, R. cymbalaria var. alpinus, R. cymbalaria var. saximontanus | |
| Name authority | L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 52: 341. (1954) | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 392. (1814) |
| Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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