Ranunculus pacificus |
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Pacific buttercup |
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Roots | never tuberous. |
Stems | erect or reclining, never rooting nodally, hispid or glabrous, base not bulbous. |
Basal leaf blades | broadly triangular to cordate in outline, 3-foliolate, 6-13 × 8-16 cm, leaflets lobed, margins toothed, ultimate segments elliptic to lance-elliptic or oblong, margins toothed, apex acute or obtuse. |
Flowers | receptacle hispid; sepals reflexed 1-2 mm above base, 6-9 × 3-4 mm, sparsely hispid; petals 5, abaxially yellow or purplish, adaxially yellow, 9-11 × 6-8 mm. |
Heads of achenes | ovoid to globose, 9-11 × 8-11 mm; achenes 3.2-3.8 × 2-3 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.1-0.2 mm wide; beak persistent, lanceolate or subulate from triangular base, straight or tip weakly hooked, 1-1.8 mm. |
Ranunculus pacificus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jul). |
Habitat | Along streams and in meadows |
Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Distribution |
AK |
Discussion | Ranunculus pacificus is endemic to the Alaska panhandle. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. |
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Synonyms | R. septentrionalis subsp. pacificus |
Name authority | (Hultén) L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 79. (1948) |
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