Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus gormanii |
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southern Oregon buttercup |
Gorman's buttercup |
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| Roots | never tuberous. |
thickened basally, glabrous. |
| Stems | erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous. |
prostrate, sometimes rooting nodally, glabrous. |
| 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 | narrowly to broadly ovate, 1.2-4 × 0.7-2 cm, base rounded, truncate or sometimes obtuse, margins entire or denticulate, apex obtuse or acute. |
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| Inflorescences | bracts ovate or sometimes 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 reflexed from near base, 2-4 × 1-3 mm, glabrous; petals 5-6, 4-6 × 2-4 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 hemispheric, 2-3 × 3-4 mm; achenes 1.2-2 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate to subulate, straight or curved, 0.6-0.8 mm. |
Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus gormanii |
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| Phenology | Flowering spring (May). | Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). |
| Habitat | Grassy hillsides | Damp soil of meadows and stream banks |
| Elevation | 500 m [1600 ft] | 900-3300 m [3000-10800 ft] |
| Distribution |
OR
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CA; OR
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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.) |
Ranunculus gormanii is restricted to middle elevations in the Klamath and southern Cascade Mountains. (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) | Greene: Pittonia 3: 91. (1896) |
| Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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