Ranunculus marginatus |
Ranunculus allenii |
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margined buttercup |
Allen's buttercup, renoncule d'Allen |
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Roots | slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick. |
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Stems | erect, sparsely pilose. |
erect or ascending, 5-19 cm, sparsely pilose, each with 1-4 flowers. |
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. |
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Basal leaf blades | reniform to semicircular, undivided or shallowly 3-lobed, 2.5-5 × 3-7 cm, base truncate to nearly cordate, margins crenate or dentate, apex rounded or obtuse. |
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Flowers | pedicellate; receptacle hispid; sepals 5, reflexed 1 mm from base, 3-5 × 1-2 mm, hispid; petals 5, 4-5 × 2-3.5 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 | hemispheric to globose, 4 × 6 mm; achenes 15-20 per head, 2.5-3 × 2-2.5 mm, faces covered with high sharp tubercles or low spines, glabrous, margin smooth; beak deltate, straight, 0.8-1 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. |
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Ranunculus marginatus |
Ranunculus allenii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering summer (Jul–Aug). |
Habitat | Roadsides | Wet alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, shores of lakes and streams |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 700-1300 m (2300-4300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; LA; TX; native to Europe [Introduced in North America] |
NF; NT; QC |
Discussion | A form of Ranunculus marginatus, with the fruits weakly tuberculate or almost smooth, similar to the smooth-fruited forms of R. sardous, is found in Europe; it is not known from North America. (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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Name authority | d'Urville: Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 318. (1822) | B. L. Robinson: Rhodora 7: 220. (1905) |
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