Ranunculus cymbalaria

Pursh

Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 392. 1814.

Common names: Renoncule cymbalaire
Illustrated
Synonyms: Halerpestes cymbalaria (Pursh) Greene Ranunculus cymbalaria var. alpinus Hooker Ranunculus cymbalaria var. saximontanus Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems dimorphic, flowering-stems erect or ascending, stolons prostrate, rooting nodally, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Basal leaves simple and undivided, blades oblong to cordate or circular, 0.7-3.8 × 0.8-3.2 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins crenate or crenate-serrate, apex rounded. Flowers: receptacle hispid or glabrous; sepals spreading, 2.5-6 × 1.5-3 mm, glabrous; petals 5, yellow, 2-7 × 1-3 mm. Heads of achenes long-ovoid or cylindric, 6-12 × 4-5 (-9) mm; achenes 1-1.4 (-2.2) × 0.8-1.2 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, conic, straight, 0.1-0.2 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (May–Sep).

Distribution

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Bogs, marshes, ditches, stream banks, often saline

Discussion

Various Navaho groups used Ranunculus cymbalaria as a venereal aid, an emetic, and a ceremonial medicine. The Kawaiisu used it as a dermatological aid (D. E. Moerman 1986).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Ranunculus cymbalaria"
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
not prolonged +
discoid +  and flattened-lenticular oblong +
2-4 times as wide as thick +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
0.8mm;1.2mm +
rounded +
Alan T. Whittemore +
rounded +  and cordate +
Undefined sect. Ranunculus +
straight +
persistent +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br />) +
oblong;cordate or circular +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
Renoncule cymbalaire +
1-5-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Bogs +, marshes +, ditches +, stream banks +  and often saline +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
cylindric;long-ovoid +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 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 +
crenate-serrate;crenate +
distinct +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–summer (May–Sep). +
4 +  and 250 +
Fl. Amer. Sept. +
glabrous +  and hispid +
nodal +  and basal +
not arillate +  and stalked +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
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 />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
W1 +  and Illustrated +
(5-)10-many +
not bulbous-based +
not bulbous-based +  and rooting +
hirsute +  and glabrous +
persistent +
Halerpestes cymbalaria +, Ranunculus cymbalaria var. alpinus +  and Ranunculus cymbalaria var. saximontanus +
Ranunculus cymbalaria +
Ranunculus sect. Halodes +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
hirsute +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +