Ranunculus pacificus |
Ranunculus lobbii |
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Pacific buttercup |
Lobb's aquatic buttercup, Lobb's buttercup, Lobb's water-buttercup |
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Roots | never tuberous. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
AK |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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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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