Ranunculus micranthus |
Ranunculus hederaceus |
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rock buttercup, small-flower crowfoot |
ivy buttercup |
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Roots | dimorphic, some filiform, 0.2-0.6 mm thick and some with tuberous bases 1-2 mm thick. |
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Stems | erect, 11-40 cm, villous, each with 8-35 flowers. |
glabrous. |
Leaves | blade reniform, 0.4-1 × 0.6-1.7 cm, margins shallowly crenate-lobulate, segments rounded. |
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Basal leaves | 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. |
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Flowers | 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. |
receptacle glabrous; sepals recurved, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous; petals 5, 2-4 × 1-1.5 mm; style 0.1 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | recurved. |
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Heads of achenes | 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. |
globose or depressed-globose, 3-4 × 3-4 mm; achenes 1.2-1.6 × 1-1.2 mm, glabrous; beak deciduous, sometimes leaving stub to 0.1 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16 (Europe). |
Ranunculus micranthus |
Ranunculus hederaceus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug). |
Habitat | Woods, meadows, and clearings | Edges of lakes and ponds on the coastal plain |
Elevation | 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft) | 0-150 m (0-500 ft) |
Distribution |
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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MD; NC; PA; SC; VA; Nfld; Europe |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Batrachium |
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Synonyms | R. micranthus var. cymbalistes, R. micranthus var. delitescens | |
Name authority | Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 18. (1838) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 556. (1753) |
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