Ranunculus occidentalis var. hexasepalus |
Ranunculus occidentalis var. ultramontanus |
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haida buttercup, western buttercup |
western buttercup |
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Stems | erect or spreading, 2-6 mm thick, hirsute or strigose, at least distally. |
± reclining, 1-3 mm thick, hirsute or sometimes glabrous. |
Basal leaf blades | 3-parted, ultimate segments elliptic or narrowly elliptic, margins dentate. |
3-foliolate, rarely merely 3-parted, ultimate segments oblong or elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, margins dentate or dentate-lobulate. |
Flowers | sepals 5-6, 4-5 mm; petals 8-14, 9-13 × 3-7 mm. |
sepals 5, 4-6 mm; petals 5-6, 6-8 × 1.5-2.5 mm. |
Achenes | 2.6-3 × 2.2-3 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate, curved, at least distally, 1.2-1.6 mm. |
3-3.4 × 2-2.6 mm, glabrous, rarely hispid; beak lanceolate, curved, 0.4-1.2 mm. |
Ranunculus occidentalis var. hexasepalus |
Ranunculus occidentalis var. ultramontanus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). |
Habitat | Open areas near coast | Meadows |
Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | 1300-2100 m (4300-6900 ft) |
Distribution |
BC |
CA; NV; OR |
Discussion | Ranunculus occidentalis var. hexasepalus is endemic to the Queen Charlotte Islands. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Ranunculus occidentalis var. ultramontanus is found at middle elevations in the Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades, and northeastern Coast Ranges. It intergrades with var. occidentalis in the region of elevational overlap. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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Synonyms | R. hexasepalus | |
Name authority | L. D. Benson: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 167. (1941) | Greene: Pittonia 3: 13. (1896) |
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