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greater yellow water crowfoot, renoncule à évantails, water buttercup, yellow water-buttercup, yellow water-crowfoot

Allen's buttercup, renoncule d'Allen

Roots

slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick.

Stems

floating or prostrate, glabrous, rooting at proximal nodes.

erect or ascending, 5-19 cm, sparsely pilose, each with 1-4 flowers.

Leaves

basal leaves seldom present, cauline leaf blades semicircular to reniform, 1-6x-lobed, parted, or dissected 1.2-7.3 × 1.9-10.8 cm, base truncate or cordate, segment margins entire or crenate, apex rounded to filiform.

Basal leaves

persistent, blades reniform or semicircular, undivided or some 3-parted, 1.4-2.1 × 1.7-2.8 cm, base cordate or truncate, margins crenate with more than 5 crenae, apex rounded.

Flowers

receptacle sparsely hispid;

sepals 5, spreading or weakly reflexed, 5-7 × 3-6 mm, glabrous;

petals 5-6(-14), 7-12 × 5-9 mm;

nectary scale variable, crescent-shaped, funnel-shaped, or flaplike;

style 0.8-1.2 mm.

pedicels pilose, sometimes sparsely so;

receptacle hispid;

sepals 4-6 × 2-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless;

petals 5, 4-5 × 2-4 mm;

nectary scale glabrous.

Heads of achenes

ovoid, 8-10 × 7-8 mm;

achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.6-2.2 mm, glabrous;

beak lanceolate, straight, 1-1.8 mm.

ovoid to cylindric, 4-7 × 4-6 mm;

achenes 1.6-1.8 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous;

beak lance-subulate, curved, 0.4-0.6 mm.

2n

= 32.

= 32.

Ranunculus flabellaris

Ranunculus allenii

Phenology Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug). Flowering summer (Jul–Aug).
Habitat Shallow water or drying mud Wet alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, shores of lakes and streams
Elevation 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft) 700-1300 m (2300-4300 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; CA; CT; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; ON; QC
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NF; NT; QC
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Discussion

The Fox tribes used Ranunculus flabellaris as a cold remedy and a respiratory aid (D. E. Moerman 1986).

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

Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Hecatonia Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes
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. bonariensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. canus, R. cardiophyllus, R. cooleyae, R. cymbalaria, R. eschscholtzii, R. fascicularis, R. fasciculatus, R. ficaria, 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. 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. turneri, R. uncinatus
Synonyms R. delphinifolius
Name authority Rafinesque: Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 344. (1818) B. L. Robinson: Rhodora 7: 220. (1905)
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