Flora of North America species comparison

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Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus
Photo is of parent taxon

elliptical buttercup, narrow leaf smooth buttercup, sagebrush buttercup
Basal leaf blades

ovate or elliptic to very narrowly elliptic, 1.5-5.2 × 0.7-2 cm, base obtuse to attenuate, margins entire or rarely with 3 broad, shallow, distal crenae, apex acute to rounded.
Inflorescences

bracts with middle lobe much larger than lateral lobes.
2n

= 80.

Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus
Phenology Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Jul).
Habitat Moist seepy slopes and moist depressions in grassland
Elevation 500-3600 m (1600-11800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes > Ranunculus glaberrimus
Sibling taxa
R. glaberrimus var. glaberrimus
Synonyms R. ellipticus, R. oreogenes
Name authority (Greene) Greene: Fl. Francisc. 1: 298. (1891)
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