familyRanunculaceae
genusRanunculus
subgenusRanunculus subg. Ranunculus
sectionRanunculus sect. Ranunculus
speciesRanunculus occidentalis
Ranunculus occidentalis var. dissectus
Rhodora 32: 25. 1930.
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Stems erect to spreading, 1-3 mm thick, hirsute or sometimes glabrous. Basal leaf-blades 3-parted or sometimes 3-foliolate, ultimate segments lanceolate or oblanceolate, margins entire or sparsely dentate. Flowers: sepals 5, 4-6 mm; petals 5-6, 6-10 × 3-6 mm. Achenes 2.6-3.6 × 2-2.8 mm, glabrous; beak lance-subulate, straight, 1.2-2.2 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
Habitat: Wet to dry meadows
Elevation: 1000-1800 m
Discussion
Ranunculus occidentalis var. dissectus is found in the Great Basin, Klamath region, and southern Cascade Mountains. As noted below, it is very similar to var. howellii.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"high" is not a number.
... more about "Ranunculus occidentalis var. dissectus"
not prolonged +
flattened +
3-15 times as wide as thick +
glabrous +
2mm;2.8mm +
dehiscing +
3-foliolate +
compound +
parted +
not bulbous +
straight +
persistent +
much shorter +
terminal +
absent +
lance-subulate +
leaflike +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
tuberous +
compound +
alternate +
parted +
1-50-flowered +
sessile +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
3;5 +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
hemispheric +
compound +
undivided +
petiolate +
free +
low +
toothed +
0.1mm;0.2mm +
absent +
attached +
glabrous +
hypogynous +
yellow +
developed +
distinct +
6mm;10mm +
absent +
conspicuous +
5;6 +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
Rhodora +
1930 +
glabrous +
tuberous +
narrow +
narrow +
tuberous +
1;many +
1(-2)×-lobed +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
? (?) +
reflexed +
hirsute +
veined +
Endemic +
distinct +
(5-)10-many +
absent +
bulbous +
rooting +
absent +
tuberous +
persistent +
absent +
Ranunculus occidentalis var. dissectus +
Ranunculus occidentalis +
variety +
thick +
rhizomatous +
high +
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