Ranunculus cooleyae

Vasey & Rose ex Rose

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 289. 1894.

EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Arcteranthis cooleyae (Vasey & Rose ex Rose) Greene Kumlienia cooleyae (Vasey & Rose ex Rose) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect from short caudices, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Basal leaf-blades circular to reniform in outline, 3-5-parted, 0.8-3.8 × 1.7-6.9 cm, segments again lobed, ultimate segments elliptic or oblong, margins crenate, apex rounded; cauline leaf 0-1, scalelike. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading, yellow, 7-11 × 4-7 mm, glabrous; petals 11-15, yellow, 8-12 × 3-5 mm. Heads of achenes hemispheric or spheric, 7-8 × 9-10 mm; achenes 2.4-4.6 × 1.2-2.2 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, filiform, hooked distally, 1-1.8 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Slopes near persistent snowbanks
Elevation: 500-1800 m

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... more about "Ranunculus cooleyae"
not prolonged +
1.4-2 times as wide as thick +
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br />) +
1.2mm;2.2mm +
0.8cm;3.8cm +
rounded +, crenate +, oblong +, elliptic +, lobed +  and 3-5-parted +
1.7cm;6.9cm +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Vasey & Rose ex Rose +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Undefined sect. Arcteranthis +
curved +  and straight +
persistent +
hooked +  and filiform +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
3-9-lobed;3-5-parted +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
sessile;petiolate +
2-50-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Alaska +  and Wash. +
500-1800 m +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Slopes near persistent snowbanks +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
spheric;hemispheric +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
reniform +  and linear +
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br />) +
rounded;crenate;oblong;elliptic;lobed;3-5-parted +
1.7cm;6.9cm +
distinct +
8mm;12mm +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). +
4 +  and 250 +
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. +
inconspicuous +
crescentic +
not arillate +  and stalked +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +  and 3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br /> (?) +
rounded +, crenate +, oblong +, elliptic +, lobed +  and 3-5-parted +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (?) +  and 6.9 cm69 mm <br />0.069 m <br /> (?) +
deciduous +
distinct +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
(5-)10-many +
not bulbous-based +  and rooting +
persistent +
Arcteranthis cooleyae +  and Kumlienia cooleyae +
Ranunculus cooleyae +
Ranunculus sect. Arcteranthis +
species +
compressed +
perennial +  and annual +
herbaceous +  and woody +