Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus fasciculatus |
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southern Oregon buttercup |
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| Roots | never tuberous. |
fleshy and somewhat tuberous. |
| Stems | erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous. |
erect or decumbent, not rooting nodally, hirsute to nearly glabrous, base not bulbous. |
| 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. |
ovate to deltate in outline, 3(-5)-foliolate, 2.5-14.9 × 2.3-19.9 cm, leaflets 1-2x-lobed or -parted, ultimate segments narrowly oblong to elliptic or lanceolate, margins toothed, apex narrowly acute to rounded-acute. |
| 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; sepals reflexed 1-2 mm above base, 5-10 × 3-5 mm, hispid; petals 11-16, yellow, 8-21 × 2-5 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 globose to ovoid, 6-13 × 7-9 mm; achenes 2.4-3.4 × 2-2.4 mm, glabrous, margin forming rib or narrow wing 0.1-0.4 mm wide; beak filiform from deltate base, straight, 1.8-2.5 mm, filiform tip often deciduous, leaving 1-1.2 mm deltate beak. |
Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus fasciculatus |
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| Phenology | Flowering spring (May). | Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). |
| Habitat | Grassy hillsides | Stream banks, lakeshores, and marshes |
| Elevation | 500 m [1600 ft] | 1000-2200 m [3300-7200 ft] |
| Distribution |
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AZ; TX; Mexico |
| 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.) |
I am following G. L. Nesom (1993) in treating Ranunculus fasciculatus as a distinct species. This taxon was considered a variety of R. macranthus by L. D. Benson (1948) and a variety of R. petiolaris by T. Duncan (1980). These disparate opinions result from different interpretations of Mexican members of the R. petiolaris group. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | R. macranthus var. arsenei, R. petiolaris | |
| Name authority | L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 52: 341. (1954) | Sessé & Moçiño: Fl. Mexic. ed. 2, 134. (1894) |
| Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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