Ranunculus subg. Crymodes
basal, never tuberous.
erect, not bulbous-based, without bulbils.
all basal or basal and cauline, compound or simple and deeply parted;
basal leaves petiolate, leaflets parted;
cauline leaves (when present) sessile or nearly so, much smaller, otherwise similar to basal leaves.
1-3-flowered cymes.
pedicellate;
sepals persistent in fruit, 5;
petals 5, red at maturity, sometimes white when young;
nectary scale attached on 3 sides, forming pocket that may or may not cover nectary, glabrous, free margin entire;
style present.
utricles or winged achenes, 1-locular;
fruit body obovoid to flattened-obovoid, 1-2.5 times as wide as thick, not prolonged beyond seed;
fruit wall membranous, loose and sometimes inflated, smooth or veined;
margin an inconspicuous vein or thin wing;
beak much shorter than fruit body.
Ranunculus subg. Crymodes
Species 4 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Sepals brown-pilose; fruit wall smooth, loose but not inflated, winged, fruits thus winged achenes; arctic. | R. glacialis |
1. Sepals glabrous; fruit wall veined, inflated, not winged, fruits thus utricles; Great Basin. | R. andersonii |
