Ranunculus macranthus |
Ranunculus fascicularis |
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large buttercup, showy buttercup, smallflower buttercup |
early buttercup, early crowfoot, prairie buttercup, tuft buttercup |
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Roots | tuberous. |
always both filiform and tuberous on same stem. |
Stems | erect or decumbent, never rooting nodally, hispid, base not bulbous. |
erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, strigose or spreading-strigose, base not bulbous. |
Basal leaf blades | ovate in outline, 3-5-foliolate, 3.8-10 × 2.7-9 cm, leaflets 1x-lobed, ultimate segments narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, margins entire or with few teeth, apex broadly acute to rounded-obtuse. |
ovate to broadly ovate in outline, 3-5-foliolate, 2.1-4.7 × 1.9-4.5 cm, leaflets undivided or 1x-lobed or -parted, ultimate segments oblanceolate or obovate, margins entire or with few teeth, apex rounded-acute to rounded-obtuse. |
Flowers | receptacle hispid; sepals spreading or weakly reflexed ca. 1 mm above base, 7-10 × 3-5 mm, hispid; petals 10-22, yellow, 12-22 × 4-9 mm. |
receptacle hispid or glabrous; sepals spreading or sometimes reflexed from base, 5-7 × 2-3 mm, hispid or glabrous; petals 5(-7), yellow, 8-14 × 3-6 mm. |
Heads of achenes | globose to cylindric, 8-14 × 8-10 mm; achenes 2.2-4.2 × 2.8-3.4 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.4-0.6 mm wide; beak usually persistent, filiform from deltate base, straight, 2-4 mm. |
globose or ovoid, 5-9 × 5-8 mm; achenes 2-2.8 × 1.8-2.2 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.1-0.2 mm wide; beak persistent, filiform, straight, 1.2-2.8 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
= 32. |
Ranunculus macranthus |
Ranunculus fascicularis |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May). | Flowering winter–spring (Jan–Jun). |
Habitat | Riverbanks and wet meadows | Grassland or deciduous forest |
Elevation | 0-400 m (0-1300 ft) | 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) |
Distribution |
TX
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AL; AR; CT; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; MB; ON
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Discussion | Ranunculus fascicularis is very similar to R. hispidus var. hispidus, and herbarium specimens without underground parts may be difficult to identify. Ranunculus fascicularis grows in drier habitats; segments of its leaves are commonly oblanceolate and blunt, with few or no marginal teeth; and its petals are widest at or below the middle. Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus is usually larger in all its parts (leaves, flowers, heads of achenes); leaf segments are variable in shape but their apices are normally sharper and their marginal teeth more numerous, and petals are widest above the middle. (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. fascicularis var. cuneiformis | R. fascicularis var. apricus |
Name authority | Scheele: Linnaea 21: 585. (1848) | Muhlenberg ex J. M. Bigelow: Fl. Boston., 137. (1814) |
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