Ranunculus populago

Greene

Erythea 3: 19. 1895.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Stems erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, glabrous. Roots thickened basally, glabrous. Leaves: basal leaf-blades with base obtuse to cordate; proximal cauline leaf-blades semicircular to cordate or ovate, 1.2-5.1 × 1.5-2.9 cm, base cordate to broadly obtuse, margins entire or crenulate, apex broadly acute to rounded. Inflorescences: bracts narrowly elliptic to ovate or lanceolate. Flowers: receptacle glabrous or hispidulous; sepals 4-5, spreading or reflexed from base, 3-5 × 2-4 mm, glabrous; petals 5-6, 4-9 × 2-5 mm; nectary scales glabrous. Heads of achenes hemispheric, 3 × 4-5 mm; achenes 1.6-1.8 × 1.2 mm, glabrous; beak lance-subulate, straight, 0.2-1 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug).
Habitat: Wet ground and shallow water, in wet meadows, bogs, streams, lakes
Elevation: 1300-2000 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Ranunculus populago"
not prolonged +
globose-lenticular +  and globose +
1-2 times as wide as thick +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
not ornamented +
broadly acute +  and rounded +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Greene +
cordate +  and broadly obtuse +
Ranunculus subg. Flammula +
straight +
lance-subulate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
narrowly elliptic;ovate or lanceolate +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
1-15(-40)-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
1300-2000 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Wet ground and shallow water, in wet meadows, bogs, streams, lakes +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
hemispheric +
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 +, all +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
crenulate;entire +
distinct +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug). +
4 +  and 250 +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (5.1 cm51 mm <br />0.051 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.9 cm29 mm <br />0.029 m <br />) +
hispidulous +  and glabrous +
nodal +  and basal +
not arillate +  and stalked +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
reflexed +  and spreading +
4 +  and 5 +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
(5-)10-many +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
ascending +  and erect +
persistent +
Ranunculus populago +
Ranunculus sect. Flammula +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
pilose +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +