Ranunculus andersonii
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 327. 1867.
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Beckwithia andersonii (A. Gray) Jepson Ranunculus andersonii var. juniperinus (M. E. Jones) S. L. Welsh Ranunculus andersonii var. tenellus S. Watson Ranunculus juniperinus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Stems erect from short caudices, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Basal leaf-blades cordate in outline, ternately 1-2×-compound, 1.5-3.8 × 2.1-3.8 cm, leaflets 2-3×-parted, ultimate segments elliptic to linear, margins entire or with occasional teeth, apex obtuse to acuminate. Flowers: receptacle hispid; sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-9 mm, glabrous; petals pinkish white, 12-18 × 9-13 mm. Fruiting heads globose or depressed-globose, 13-27 × 21-29 mm; fruit wall veined, inflated, not winged, fruits thus utricles; utricles 6-12 × 4-6 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, deltate or subulate from deltate base, 0.2-0.6 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat: Slopes in sagebrush or pinyon-juniper woodland
Elevation: 900-2300 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Utah.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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dehiscing +
1-2×-compound +
petiolate +
deltate +
persistent +
much shorter +
terminal +
absent +
leaflike +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
tuberous +
nearly;sessile +
alternate +
smaller +
1-3-flowered +
sessile +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
not prolonged +
1-2.5 times as wide as thick +
inflated +
membranous +
winged +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Present +
compound +
undivided +
parted +
2-3×-parted +
free +
toothed;crenate;toothed;crenate;entire +
absent +
attached +
hypogynous +
pinkish white +
distinct +
12mm;18mm +
conspicuous +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
glabrous +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1867 +
hispid +
tuberous +
tuberous +
basal +
absent +
1;many +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
persistent +
distinct +
? (?) +
spreading +
glabrous +
veined +
distinct +
(5-)10-many +
absent +
bulbous +
erect +
glabrous +
absent +
tuberous +
persistent +
absent +
Ranunculus andersonii +
Ranunculus subg. Crymodes +
species +
elliptic to linear +
glabrous +
4mm;6mm +
inconspicuous +
rhizomatous +
inconspicuous +
thin +