Ranunculus allenii

B. L. Robinson

Rhodora 7: 220. 1905.

Common names: Renoncule d'Allen
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Stems erect or ascending, 5-19 cm, sparsely pilose, each with 1-4 flowers. Roots slender, 0.2-0.8 mm thick. Basal leaves persistent, blades reniform or semicircular, undivided or some 3-parted, 1.4-2.1 × 1.7-2.8 cm, base cordate or truncate, margins crenate with more than 5 crenae, apex rounded. Flowers: pedicels pilose, sometimes sparsely so; receptacle hispid; sepals 4-6 × 2-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 4-5 × 2-4 mm; nectary scale glabrous. Heads of achenes ovoid to cylindric, 4-7 × 4-6 mm; achenes 1.6-1.8 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lance-subulate, curved, 0.4-0.6 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering summer (Jul–Aug).
Habitat: Wet alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, shores of lakes and streams
Elevation: 700-1300 m

Distribution

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Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., Que.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Ranunculus allenii"
not prolonged +
asymmetrically thick-lenticular +  and compressed-globose +
1.2-2 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 />) +
1.2mm;1.4mm +
rounded +
Alan T. Whittemore +
B. L. Robinson +
truncate +  and cordate +
Ranunculus sect. Marsypadenium +
lance-subulate +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
some +  and undivided +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
3-parted;semicircular;reniform +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
sometimes;sessile;nearly sessile +
Renoncule d'Allen +
1-50-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +  and Que. +
700-1300 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Wet alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, shores of lakes and streams +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
ovoid;cylindric +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
reniform +  and linear +
compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
inconspicuous +
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 /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering summer (Jul–Aug). +
4 +  and 250 +
slender +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
not arillate +  and stalked +
again +  and undivided +
parted +  and lobed +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
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 /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
(5-)10-many +
not bulbous-based +
ascending +  and erect +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (19 cm190 mm <br />0.19 m <br />) +
persistent +
Ranunculus allenii +
Ranunculus sect. Epirotes +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
pubescent +, pilose +, sometimes +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +