Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus triternatus |
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southern Oregon buttercup |
Dalles Mountain buttercup, obscure buttercup |
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| Roots | never tuberous. |
cylindric, 2-3 mm thick. |
| Stems | erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous. |
prostrate or ascending, 5-20 cm, glabrous, each with 1-6 flowers. |
| Basal leaves | persistent, blades rhombic to deltate or reniform in outline, 3-4x-dissected, 1.1-3.4 × 2-3.1 cm, segments linear, base obtuse, margins crenate, apices of segments narrowly 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 glabrous; receptacle short-pubescent; sepals 4-8 × 2-5 mm, abaxially glabrous or nearly so; petals 5, 6-15 × 4-10 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 depressed-globose, 4-6 × 5-8 mm; achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.2-1.8 mm, finely pubescent; beak subulate, straight, 0.8-1.5 mm. |
Ranunculus austro-oreganus |
Ranunculus triternatus |
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| Phenology | Flowering spring (May). | Flowering spring (Apr–May). |
| Habitat | Grassy hillsides | Grassland or sagebrush |
| Elevation | 500 m [1600 ft] | 900-1700 m [3000-5600 ft] |
| Distribution |
OR
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ID; NV; OR; WA
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. C. L. Hitchcock et al. (1955-1969, vol. 2) considered the name Ranunculus triternatus A. Gray to be an illegitemate homonym and used the illegitimate (superfluous) name R. reconditus A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride for this species. The name Ranunculus triternatus Poiret was not validly published (not accepted by Poiret) and does not invalidate R. triternatus A. Gray. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | R. glaberrimus var. reconditus | |
| Name authority | L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 52: 341. (1954) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 370. (1886) |
| Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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