Flora of North America species comparison

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Ranunculus bonariensis

Ranunculus turneri

Carter's buttercup

turner's buttercup
Roots

never tuberous.
Stems

erect, never rooting nodally, hirsute, base not bulbous.
Basal leaf blades

cordate to reniform in outline, 3-parted, 1.3-3 × 1.8-3.8 cm, segments cleft, ultimate segments elliptic to lanceolate, margins toothed, apex acute.
Flowers

receptacle glabrous;

sepals spreading, 7-9 × 2-4 mm, hirsute;

petals 5, yellow, 10-15 × 8-11 mm.
Heads of achenes

nearly globose, 7-10 mm wide;

achenes 2.4 × 2.6-2.7 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.1-0.2 mm wide;

beak persistent, lanceolate, strongly hooked or curved, 1.6-2 mm.

Ranunculus bonariensis

Ranunculus turneri
Phenology Flowering summer (Aug).
Habitat Damp meadows
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; temperate South America
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from FNA
AK; NT; YT; Asia
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Discussion

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

Ranunculus turneri was considered an arctic race of R. acris by E. Hultén (1971). It occurs from the Mackenzie Delta to northeastern Alaska.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Flammula Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Ranunculus
Sibling taxa
R. abortivus, R. acriformis, R. acris, R. adoneus, R. alismifolius, R. allegheniensis, R. allenii, R. ambigens, R. andersonii, R. aquatilis, R. arizonicus, R. arvensis, R. auricomus, R. austro-oreganus, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. canus, R. cardiophyllus, R. cooleyae, R. cymbalaria, R. eschscholtzii, R. fascicularis, R. fasciculatus, R. ficaria, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. gelidus, R. glaberrimus, R. glacialis, R. gmelinii, R. gormanii, R. harveyi, R. hebecarpus, R. hederaceus, R. hispidus, R. hydrocharoides, R. hyperboreus, R. hystriculus, R. inamoenus, R. jovis, R. kamtschaticus, R. lapponicus, R. laxicaulis, R. lobbii, R. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, R. micranthus, R. muricatus, R. nivalis, R. occidentalis, R. oresterus, R. orthorhynchus, R. pacificus, R. pallasii, R. parviflorus, R. pedatifidus, R. pensylvanicus, R. platensis, R. populago, R. pusillus, R. pygmaeus, R. ranunculinus, R. recurvatus, R. repens, R. rhomboideus, R. sabinei, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, R. sulphureus, R. testiculatus, R. trilobus, R. triternatus, R. turneri, R. uncinatus
R. abortivus, R. acriformis, R. acris, R. adoneus, R. alismifolius, R. allegheniensis, R. allenii, R. ambigens, R. andersonii, R. aquatilis, R. arizonicus, R. arvensis, R. auricomus, R. austro-oreganus, R. bonariensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. canus, R. cardiophyllus, R. cooleyae, R. cymbalaria, R. eschscholtzii, R. fascicularis, R. fasciculatus, R. ficaria, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. gelidus, R. glaberrimus, R. glacialis, R. gmelinii, R. gormanii, R. harveyi, R. hebecarpus, R. hederaceus, R. hispidus, R. hydrocharoides, R. hyperboreus, R. hystriculus, R. inamoenus, R. jovis, R. kamtschaticus, R. lapponicus, R. laxicaulis, R. lobbii, R. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, R. micranthus, R. muricatus, R. nivalis, R. occidentalis, R. oresterus, R. orthorhynchus, R. pacificus, R. pallasii, R. parviflorus, R. pedatifidus, R. pensylvanicus, R. platensis, R. populago, R. pusillus, R. pygmaeus, R. ranunculinus, R. recurvatus, R. repens, R. rhomboideus, R. sabinei, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, R. sulphureus, R. testiculatus, R. trilobus, R. triternatus, R. uncinatus
Subordinate taxa
R. bonariensis var. trisepalus
Synonyms R. occidentalis var. turneri
Name authority Poiret: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 6: 102. (1804) Greene: Pittonia 2: 296. (1892)
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