Ranunculus rhomboideus |
Ranunculus sabinei |
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Labrador buttercup, prairie buttercup, prairie crowfoot |
Sabine buttercup |
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Roots | slender, 0.8-1.8 mm thick. |
slender, 0.3-0.8 mm thick. |
Stems | erect, 5-22 cm, pilose or occasionally glabrous, each with 3-12 flowers. |
erect or decumbent, 1-12 cm, sparsely pilose, each with 1-3 flowers. |
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, blades broadly obovate to transversely elliptic, 3-lobed or -parted, 0.9-3 × 0.8-3.4 cm, segments undivided or again lobed, base obtuse, margins entire, apices of segments rounded to rounded-obtuse. |
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 pilose; receptacle pilose; sepals 4-7 × 2-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 5-8 × 3-4 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, 6-9 × 4 mm; achenes 1.2-1.4 × 0.8-1 mm, glabrous; beak lance-subulate, straight or curved, 0.4-0.6 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 64. |
Ranunculus rhomboideus |
Ranunculus sabinei |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). | Flowering summer (Jul–Aug). |
Habitat | Prairies, or occasionally open woods or thickets | Slopes and hummocks in tundra, in sandy or gravelly soil |
Elevation | 0-900 m (0-3000 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) |
Distribution |
IA; IL; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; SD; WI; AB; BC; MB; NT; ON; SK
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AK; NT; YT; Greenland |
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.) |
An alternative interpretation of this taxon is given by E. Hultén (1971) who considered it to be the hybrid Ranunculus nivalis × R. pygmaeus, and considered all specimens referable here to be hybrids or members of stabilized populations of hybrid origin. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes | Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Epirotes |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | R. pygmaeus subsp. sabinei | |
Name authority | Goldie: Edinburgh J. Sci. 6: 329. (1822) | R. Brown: J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot., 264. (1824) |
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