Ranunculus gormanii |
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Gorman's buttercup |
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Roots | thickened basally, glabrous. |
Stems | prostrate, sometimes rooting nodally, glabrous. |
Proximal cauline leaf blades | narrowly to broadly ovate, 1.2-4 × 0.7-2 cm, base rounded, truncate or sometimes obtuse, margins entire or denticulate, apex obtuse or acute. |
Inflorescences | bracts ovate or sometimes lanceolate. |
Flowers | receptacle glabrous; sepals 5, spreading or reflexed from near base, 2-4 × 1-3 mm, glabrous; petals 5-6, 4-6 × 2-4 mm; nectary scales glabrous. |
Heads of achenes | hemispheric, 2-3 × 3-4 mm; achenes 1.2-2 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate to subulate, straight or curved, 0.6-0.8 mm. |
Ranunculus gormanii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). |
Habitat | Damp soil of meadows and stream banks |
Elevation | 900-3300 m (3000-10800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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Discussion | Ranunculus gormanii is restricted to middle elevations in the Klamath and southern Cascade Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Flammula |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 3: 91. (1896) |
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