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haida buttercup, western buttercup

Photo is of parent taxon

western buttercup

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

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
from FNA
BC
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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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.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Ranunculus > Ranunculus occidentalis Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Ranunculus > Ranunculus occidentalis
Sibling taxa
R. occidentalis var. brevistylis, R. occidentalis var. dissectus, R. occidentalis var. howellii, R. occidentalis var. nelsonii, R. occidentalis var. occidentalis, R. occidentalis var. ultramontanus
R. occidentalis var. brevistylis, R. occidentalis var. dissectus, R. occidentalis var. hexasepalus, R. occidentalis var. howellii, R. occidentalis var. nelsonii, R. occidentalis var. occidentalis
Synonyms R. hexasepalus
Name authority L. D. Benson: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 167. (1941) Greene: Pittonia 3: 13. (1896)
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