Ranunculus macranthus

Scheele

Linnaea 21: 585. 1848.

EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Ranunculus fascicularis var. cuneiformis (Small) L. D. Benson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Stems erect or decumbent, never rooting nodally, hispid, base not bulbous. Roots tuberous. Basal leaf-blades ovate in outline, 3-5-foliolate, 3.8-10 × 2.7-9 cm, leaflets 1×-lobed, ultimate segments narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, margins entire or with few teeth, apex broadly acute to rounded-obtuse. Flowers: receptacle hispid; sepals spreading or weakly reflexed ca. 1 mm above base, 7-10 × 3-5 mm, hispid; petals 10-22, yellow, 12-22 × 4-9 mm. Heads of achenes globose to cylindric, 8-14 × 8-10 mm; achenes 2.2-4.2 × 2.8-3.4 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.4-0.6 mm wide; beak usually persistent, filiform from deltate base, straight, 2-4 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
Habitat: Riverbanks and wet meadows
Elevation: 0-400 m

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... more about "Ranunculus macranthus"
not prolonged +
3-15 times as wide as thick +
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br />) +
2.8mm;3.4mm +
broadly acute +  and rounded-obtuse +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Scheele +
3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
not bulbous +
deltate +
straight +
persistent +
filiform +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
1-50-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0-400 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Riverbanks and wet meadows +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
globose;cylindric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
reniform +  and linear +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
1×-lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
with few teeth +  and entire +
0.4mm;0.6mm +
distinct +
12mm;22mm +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May). +
4 +  and 250 +
nodal +  and basal +
not arillate +  and stalked +
parted +  and lobed +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
reflexed +  and spreading +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
(5-)10-many +
decumbent +  and erect +
persistent +
Ranunculus fascicularis var. cuneiformis +
Ranunculus macranthus +
Ranunculus sect. Ranunculus +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
glabrous +  and hispid +
herbaceous +  and woody +