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Pacific buttercup

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

Phenology Flowering summer (Jul).
Habitat Along streams and in meadows
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Ranunculus pacificus is endemic to the Alaska panhandle.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Ranunculus
Sibling taxa
R. abortivus, R. acriformis, R. acris, R. adoneus, R. alismifolius, R. allegheniensis, R. allenii, R. ambigens, R. andersonii, R. aquatilis, R. arizonicus, R. arvensis, R. auricomus, R. austro-oreganus, R. bonariensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. canus, R. cardiophyllus, R. cooleyae, R. cymbalaria, R. eschscholtzii, R. fascicularis, R. fasciculatus, R. ficaria, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. gelidus, R. glaberrimus, R. glacialis, R. gmelinii, R. gormanii, R. harveyi, R. hebecarpus, R. hederaceus, R. hispidus, R. hydrocharoides, R. hyperboreus, R. hystriculus, R. inamoenus, R. jovis, R. kamtschaticus, R. lapponicus, R. laxicaulis, R. lobbii, R. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, R. micranthus, R. muricatus, R. nivalis, R. occidentalis, R. oresterus, R. orthorhynchus, R. pallasii, R. parviflorus, R. pedatifidus, R. pensylvanicus, R. platensis, R. populago, R. pusillus, R. pygmaeus, R. ranunculinus, R. recurvatus, R. repens, R. rhomboideus, R. sabinei, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, R. sulphureus, R. testiculatus, R. trilobus, R. triternatus, R. turneri, R. uncinatus
Synonyms R. septentrionalis subsp. pacificus
Name authority (Hultén) L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 79. (1948)
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