Ranunculus californicus var. cuneatus

Greene

Fl. Francisc. 2: 299. 1892.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems prostrate, strigose. Basal leaf-blades 4-5 × 4-6 cm, leaflets or segments undivided or 1×-lobed, ultimate segments elliptic to orbiculate, margins toothed or crenate, apex rounded to obtuse. Achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.4-1.8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering winter–spring (Jan–Apr).
Habitat: Bluffs and hillsides near coast
Elevation: 0-200 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"high" is not a number.

not prolonged +
3-15 times as wide as thick +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
hispid +  and glabrous +
1.4mm;1.8mm +
rounded +  and obtuse +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Greene +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
not bulbous +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
persistent +
lanceolate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 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 />) +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
0-200 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Bluffs and hillsides near coast +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
hemispheric;globose +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
reniform +  and linear +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (5.8 cm58 mm <br />0.058 m <br />) +
1×-lobed +  and undivided +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (7.6 cm76 mm <br />0.076 m <br />) +
palmate +  and pinnate +
crenate;toothed +
0.1mm;0.2mm +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
distinct +
7mm;14mm +
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 /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Flowering winter–spring (Jan–Apr). +
4 +  and 250 +
Fl. Francisc. +
hispid +  and glabrous +
nodal +  and basal +
not arillate +  and stalked +
1×-lobed +  and undivided +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
(5-)10-many +
erect +  and prostrate +
persistent +
Ranunculus sect. Chrysanthe +
Ranunculus californicus var. cuneatus +
Ranunculus californicus +
variety +
perennial +  and annual +
glabrous +  and hispid +
herbaceous +  and woody +