Ranunculus rhomboideus |
Ranunculus nivalis |
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Labrador buttercup, prairie buttercup, prairie crowfoot |
renoncule nivale, snow buttercup |
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Roots | slender, 0.8-1.8 mm thick. |
slender, 0.4-0.8 mm thick. |
Stems | erect, 5-22 cm, pilose or occasionally glabrous, each with 3-12 flowers. |
erect from short caudices, 4-22 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, each with 1 flower. |
Basal leaves | persistent, blades ovate to rhombic, undivided or rarely innermost 3-parted, 1.1-5.3 × 0.9-3.6 cm, base obtuse, margins crenate with 5 crenae, apex rounded. |
persistent or deciduous, blades reniform, 3-parted, 0.6-2 × 1.3-3 cm, at least lateral segments again lobed or margins toothed, base truncate or cordate, apices of segments rounded-apiculate. |
Flowers | pedicels pilose; receptacle pilose; sepals 4-6 × 1.5-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 6-8 × 2-4 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
pedicels glabrous or brown-pilose; receptacle glabrous; sepals 6-8 × 3-5 mm, abaxially densely brown-hispid; petals 5(-6), 8-11 × 7-12 mm; nectary scale glabrous. |
Heads of achenes | depressed-globose, 4-6 × 5-7 mm; achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.2-1.8 mm, glabrous; beak slender, curved, 0.2-0.3 mm. |
cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 7-14 × 5-6 mm; achenes 1.5-2.2 × 1.2-1.6 mm, glabrous; beak slender, straight, 1-2 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 48. |
Ranunculus rhomboideus |
Ranunculus nivalis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). | Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Prairies, or occasionally open woods or thickets | Wet or dry alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, cliffs, and streamsides |
Elevation | 0-900 m (0-3000 ft) | 0-1300 m (0-4300 ft) |
Distribution |
IA; IL; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; SD; WI; AB; BC; MB; NT; ON; SK
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AK; AB; BC; NF; NT; QC; YT; Greenland; Eurasia |
Discussion | In addition to the range given above, L. D. Benson (1948) cited nineteenth-century specimens from Quebec, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. No modern specimens have been seen from those areas. (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. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Goldie: Edinburgh J. Sci. 6: 329. (1822) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 553. (1753) |
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