Ranunculus pallasii |
Ranunculus marginatus |
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Pallas' buttercup, renoncule de Pallas |
margined buttercup |
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Stems | creeping or floating, rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. |
erect, sparsely pilose. |
Basal leaf blades | linear to obovate, undivided or 3-lobed, 1.5-3.6 × 0.3-2 cm, lobes lanceolate or elliptic, margins entire, apex rounded to acuminate. |
reniform to semicircular, undivided or shallowly 3-lobed, 2.5-5 × 3-7 cm, base truncate to nearly cordate, margins crenate or dentate, apex rounded or obtuse. |
Flowers | receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading, 6-10 × 4-7 mm, glabrous; petals 7-11, white or pink, 8-13 × 3-6 mm. |
pedicellate; receptacle hispid; sepals 5, reflexed 1 mm from base, 3-5 × 1-2 mm, hispid; petals 5, 4-5 × 2-3.5 mm. |
Heads of achenes | globose or hemispheric, 5-12 × 9-15 mm; achenes 4.2-5.2 × 2.4-3.2 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, lanceolate, straight or curved, 1-1.2 mm. |
hemispheric to globose, 4 × 6 mm; achenes 15-20 per head, 2.5-3 × 2-2.5 mm, faces covered with high sharp tubercles or low spines, glabrous, margin smooth; beak deltate, straight, 0.8-1 mm. |
Tuberous | roots absent. |
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2n | = 32. |
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Ranunculus pallasii |
Ranunculus marginatus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jul–Aug). | Flowering spring (Mar–May). |
Habitat | Shallow water of bogs and pools in muskeg and tundra | Roadsides |
Elevation | 0-700 m (0-2300 ft) | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; MB; NF; NT; ON; QC; YT; Eurasia |
AL; LA; TX; native to Europe [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | A form of Ranunculus marginatus, with the fruits weakly tuberculate or almost smooth, similar to the smooth-fruited forms of R. sardous, is found in Europe; it is not known from North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Pallasiantha | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Echinella |
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Name authority | Schlechtendal: Animadv. Bot. Ranunc. Cand. 1: 15. (1819) | d'Urville: Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 318. (1822) |
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