familyRanunculaceae
genusRanunculus
subgenusRanunculus subg. Ranunculus
sectionRanunculus sect. Echinella
speciesRanunculus muricatus
Ranunculus muricatus
Sp. Pl. 1: 555. 1753.
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Revision as of 07:34, 30 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Stems reclining or erect, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Basal and lower cauline leaf-blades broadly cordate to reniform or semicircular, undivided or 3-lobed, 2-5 × 3-6.5 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins coarsely crenate, apex rounded. Flowers pedicellate; receptacle hispid; sepals 5, reflexed, 4-7 × 2-3 mm, sparsely bristly; petals 5, 4-8 × 2-4.5 mm. Heads of achenes globose, 13-16 × 13-16 mm; achenes 10-20 per head, 5-5.5 × 3-3.5 mm, faces covered with long spines, glabrous, margin smooth; beak lanceolate, curved, 2-2.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
Habitat: Fields and roadsides
Elevation: 0-2000 m
Distribution
Introduced; Ala., Ark., Calif., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., Oreg., S.C., Tex., Wash., South America, native to Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Ranunculus muricatus"
not prolonged +
flattened +
3-7 times as wide as thick +
3mm;3.5mm +
dehiscing +
rounded +
curved +
much shorter +
terminal +
absent +
lanceolate +
compound +
undivided +
lobed +
leaflike +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
tuberous +
alternate +
2-16-flowered +
sessile +
small +
abundant +
glabrous +
filiform +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
3;5 +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
globose +
true +
compound +
undivided +
free +
high +
low +
crenate +
narrow;broad +
absent +
attached +
glabrous +
hypogynous +
yellow +
distinct +
4mm;8mm +
conspicuous +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
hispid +
tuberous +
tuberous +
basal +
1;many +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
? (?) +
reflexed +
bristly +
veined +
distinct +
(5-)10-many +
absent +
bulbous +
not bulbous-based +
absent +
tuberous +
persistent +
absent +
Ranunculus muricatus +
Ranunculus sect. Echinella +
species +
thick +
rhizomatous +