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Pacific buttercup

Lobb's aquatic buttercup, Lobb's buttercup, Lobb's water-buttercup

Roots

never tuberous.

Stems

erect or reclining, never rooting nodally, hispid or glabrous, base not bulbous.

glabrous.

Leaves

laminate and filiform-dissected; laminate leaf blades reniform in outline, deeply 3-parted, 0.5-0.8 × 0.9-1.5 cm, segments elliptic or obovate, margins sometimes notched;

filiform-dissected leaves sometimes few and inconspicuous, stipules gradually tapering upward, connate for whole length, mostly petiolate.

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.

receptacle glabrous;

sepals spreading, 2-3 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous;

petals 5, 4-6 × 2-5 mm;

style 1-1.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

recurved.

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.

hemispheric, 3 × 4-5 mm;

achenes 2-2.4 × 1.4-1.8 mm, glabrous;

beak deciduous, sometimes leaving stub to 0.2 mm.

Ranunculus pacificus

Ranunculus lobbii

Phenology Flowering summer (Jul). Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
Habitat Along streams and in meadows Shallow ponds and vernal pools
Elevation 0 m (0 ft) 0-300 m (0-1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; OR; BC
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Discussion

Ranunculus pacificus is endemic to the Alaska panhandle.

(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 Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Batrachium
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
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. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, R. micranthus, R. muricatus, R. nivalis, R. occidentalis, R. oresterus, R. orthorhynchus, R. pacificus, 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 R. hydrocharis
Name authority (Hultén) L. D. Benson: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 79. (1948) (Hiern) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 364. (1886)
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