Ranunculus gelidus |
Ranunculus micranthus |
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arctic buttercup, modest buttercup, wetslope buttercup |
rock buttercup, small-flower crowfoot |
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Roots | slender, 0.5-1 mm thick. |
dimorphic, some filiform, 0.2-0.6 mm thick and some with tuberous bases 1-2 mm thick. |
Stems | erect or decumbent from short caudices, 3-22 cm, glabrous, each with 1-5 flowers. |
erect, 11-40 cm, villous, each with 8-35 flowers. |
Basal leaves | persistent, blades cordate or reniform, 3-parted, 0.5-1.8 × 0.8-3 cm, segments again lobed, base truncate or nearly cordate, apices of segments rounded. |
persistent, blades ovate, orbiculate, or transversely elliptic, outer blades undivided, inner 3-parted or 3-foliolate, 1-3.3 × 1-3 cm, base truncate to broadly obtuse or sometimes weakly cordate, margins crenate, apex rounded-obtuse. |
Flowers | pedicels pubescent or glabrous; receptacle glabrous or pubescent; sepals 3-5 × 1-4 mm, pubescent or glabrous; petals 5, 3-6 × 1-5 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
pedicels glabrous or villous; receptacle glabrous; sepals 2-4 × 1-1.5 mm, abaxially glabrous or pubescent, hairs colorless; petals 5, 1.5-3.5 × 0.5-1.5 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
Heads of achenes | cylindric to ovoid-cylindric, 4-13 × 4-6 mm; achenes 1.2-2.4 × 0.8-2 mm, glabrous; beak subulate, curved or hooked, 0.4-0.8 mm. |
globose to cylindric, 3-7 × 2-4 mm; achenes 1.1-1.5 × 1-1.3 mm, glabrous; beak subulate, straight or curved, 0.2-0.3 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Ranunculus gelidus |
Ranunculus micranthus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). | Flowering spring (Mar–May). |
Habitat | Open arctic and alpine slopes | Woods, meadows, and clearings |
Elevation | 0-4000 m (0-13100 ft) | 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CO; ID; MT; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT; Asia
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AL; AR; CT; DC; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion | Plants with small achenes are often separated as Ranunculus verecundus. Achene size varies continuously over the range given, however, and it is not correlated with the minor shape difference mentioned by L. D. Benson (1948). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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Synonyms | R. gelidus subsp. grayi, R. grayi, R. verecundus | R. micranthus var. cymbalistes, R. micranthus var. delitescens |
Name authority | Karelin & Kirilov: Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 133. (1842) | Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 18. (1838) |
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