Ranunculus harveyi var. harveyi

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect, 12-40 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, each with 3-20 flowers. Roots dimorphic, some filiform, 0.2-0.5 mm thick and some with tuberous bases 1-2.5 mm thick. Basal leaves persistent, blades reniform, undivided or innermost 3-parted, 1.1-2.8 × 1.5-3.8 cm, base cordate or truncate, margins crenate with more than 5 rounded teeth, apex rounded or rounded-obtuse. Flowers: pedicels glabrous; receptacle glabrous or very sparsely pilose; sepals 2-4 × 1.5-3 mm, abaxially glabrous or sparsely pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5-7, 4-6.5 × 1.5-3 mm; nectary scale glabrous. Heads of achenes globose or ovoid, 3-6 × 3-5 mm; achenes 1.4-1.7 × 1-1.3 mm, glabrous; beak slender, straight, 0.2-0.6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat: Woods and grasslands
Elevation: 50-300 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Ill., Mo., Okla., Tenn.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not prolonged +
asymmetrically thick-lenticular +  and compressed-globose +
1.2-2 times as wide as thick +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
1mm;1.3mm +
rounded-obtuse +  and rounded +
Alan T. Whittemore +
(A. Gray) Britton +
truncate +  and cordate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Ranunculus abortivus var. harveyi +
straight +
slender +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
reniform +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
sometimes;sessile;nearly sessile +
1-50-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Mo. +, Okla. +  and Tenn. +
50-300 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Woods and grasslands +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
ovoid;globose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br />) +
reniform +  and linear +
compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
inconspicuous +
distinct +
4mm;6.5mm +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering spring (Mar–May). +
4 +  and 250 +
Mem. Torrey Bot. Club +
pilose +  and glabrous +
filiform +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
not arillate +  and stalked +
again +  and undivided +
parted +  and lobed +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
pilose +  and glabrous +
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 />) +
(5-)10-many +
not bulbous-based +
pilose +  and glabrous +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
persistent +
Ranunculus harveyi var. harveyi +
Ranunculus harveyi +
variety +
rounded +
perennial +  and annual +
pubescent +, pilose +, sometimes +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +