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Eschscholtz's buttercup

Stems

caudex 2.5-4.5 cm, densely clothed with persistent leaf bases.

Basal leaf blades

reniform, shallowly 5-9-lobed or sometimes 3-parted with lateral segments again lobed, 1.5-1.5 × 0.8-2 cm, base truncate, middle segment unlobed, ultimate segments and sinuses rounded or obtuse.

Flowers

petals 6-13 mm.

Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. oxynotus

Phenology Flowering summer (Jul–Sep).
Habitat Open rocky alpine slopes and meadows
Elevation 2900-4000 m (9500-13100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes > Ranunculus eschscholtzii
Sibling taxa
R. eschscholtzii var. eschscholtzii, R. eschscholtzii var. eximius, R. eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii, R. eschscholtzii var. trisectus
Synonyms R. oxynotus
Name authority (A. Gray) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 1: 537. (1922)
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