familyRanunculaceae
genusRanunculus
subgenusRanunculus subg. Ranunculus
sectionRanunculus sect. Echinella
speciesRanunculus hebecarpus
Ranunculus hebecarpus
Bot. Beechey Voy., 316. 1838.
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Revision as of 07:42, 30 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Stems erect, pilose. Basal and lower cauline leaf-blades cordate-reniform, deeply 3-parted, 0.6-2.3 × 1.2-3.5 cm, segments undivided or 2-4-lobed, base shallowly cordate, margins entire or 2-4-dentate, apex of ultimate segments acute. Flowers pedicellate; receptacle glabrous; sepals 5, spreading, 1.1-1.8 × 0.5-1 mm, pilose; petals 0-5, 1.3-2 × 0.3-0.7 mm. Heads of achenes discoid, 4-6 × 3 mm; achenes 4-9 per head, 1.7-2.3 × 1.7-2 mm, faces and margin papillose, each papilla crowned with hooked bristle, otherwise glabrous; beak lanceolate, hooked distally, 0.5-0.7 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat: Grasslands, open woodlands, and chaparral
Elevation: 50-900 m
Distribution
Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash., Mexico (Baja California)
Discussion
Ranunculus hebecarpus is native to western North America.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Ranunculus hebecarpus"
not prolonged +
flattened +
3-7 times as wide as thick +
1.7mm;2mm +
dehiscing +
acute +
cordate +
much shorter +
terminal +
absent +
compound +
undivided +
lobed +
leaflike +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
tuberous +
alternate +
2-16-flowered +
sessile +
small +
abundant +
papillose +
filiform +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
3;5 +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
discoid +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
Present +
compound +
undivided +
free +
high +
low +
papillose +
toothed;crenate;toothed;crenate;entire +
narrow;broad +
absent +
attached +
glabrous +
crowned +
glabrous +
hypogynous +
yellow +
distinct +
1.3mm;2mm +
conspicuous +
0;5 +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
Bot. Beechey Voy., +
1838 +
glabrous +
tuberous +
tuberous +
basal +
1;many +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
? (?) +
spreading +
pilose +
veined +
Illustrated +
distinct +
(5-)10-many +
absent +
bulbous +
not bulbous-based +
erect +
pilose +
absent +
tuberous +
persistent +
absent +
Ranunculus hebecarpus +
Ranunculus sect. Echinella +
species +
thick +
rhizomatous +