familyRanunculaceae
genusRanunculus
subgenusRanunculus subg. Cyrtorhyncha
sectionRanunculus sect. Cyrtorhyncha
speciesRanunculus ranunculinus

Ranunculus ranunculinus

(Nuttall) Rydberg

Bot. Surv. Nebraska 3: 23. 1894.

Alan T. Whittemore
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Cyrtorhyncha ranunculina Nuttall in J. Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 26. 1838
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems erect from short caudices, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Leaves: basal leaf-blades ovate to semicircular in outline, ternately or pinnately 2×-compound, 2.4-8.2 × 2-8.5 cm, leaflets parted and again lobed, ultimate segments elliptic to linear, margins entire (or occasionally a lobe reduced to tooth), apex acuminate to rounded. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading or reflexed from base, 3-6 × 1-3 mm, glabrous; petals (0-) 5-6, yellow, 3-8 × 1-3 mm. Heads of achenes hemispheric to globose, 4-5 × 6-7 mm; achenes 2.2-3.6 × 1.2-1.8 mm, glabrous; beak filiform, strongly reflexed from base, 0.8-1.5 mm, brittle, often broken. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug).
Habitat: Open grassy or brushy slopes
Elevation: 1700-2600 m

Distribution

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Colo., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
32 +
Achene body length
prolonged +
Achene body shape
cylindric +
Achene length
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br />) +
Achene pubescence
glabrous +
Achene wall architecture or fragility
not loose +
Achene wall coloration or pubescence or relief
striate +
Achene wall texture
papery +
Achene wall width
thin +
Achene width
1.2mm;1.8mm +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Apex shape
acuminate +  and rounded +
Author
Alan T. Whittemore +
Authority
(Nuttall) Rydberg +
Basal leaf-blade architecture
2×-compound +
Basal leaf-blade shape
Ovate (Semicircular) +
Basal leaf architecture
2×-compound +  and petiolate +
Base shape
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Basionyms
Cyrtorhyncha ranunculina +
Beak condition or fragility
broken +
Beak course
curved +  and straight +
Beak fragility
brittle +
Beak height or length or size
much shorter +
Beak orientation
reflexed +
Beak position or structure subtype
terminal +
Beak presence
absent +
Beak shape
filiform +
Beak some measurement
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract size
large +  and small +
Bracteole architecture
sepaloid +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Capsule arrangement
aggregated +
Capsule shape
globose;cylindric +
Caudex architecture
tuberous +
Caudex height or length or size
short +
Cauline leaf architecture
nearly;sessile +
Cauline leaf arrangement
alternate +
Cauline leaf size
smaller +
Cyme architecture
compound +
Cyme some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Distal leaf architecture
sessile +
Distribution
Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
Elevation
1700-2600 m +
Embryo size
small +
Endosperm quantity
abundant +
Filament shape
filiform +
Flower architecture
pedicellate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower prominence
showy +  and inconspicuous +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit atypical quantity
5 (6) +
Fruit quantity
3;5 +
Fruits achene architecture
sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits achene architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Fruits achene shape
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Habitat
Open grassy or brushy slopes +
Head length
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Head shape
hemispheric;globose +
Head width
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence architecture
3-20-flowered +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade shape
reniform +  and linear +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaf shape
parted +  and lobed +
Leaflet shape
lobed +  and parted +
Margin architecture
palmate +  and pinnate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin fusion
free +
Margin shape
toothed;crenate;toothed;crenate;entire +
Nectary presence
absent +
Nectary scale fixation
attached +
Nectary scale prominence
rudimentary +
Nectary scale pubescence
glabrous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal atypical quantity
0 (5) +
Petal coloration
yellow +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal length
3mm;8mm +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal prominence
conspicuous +
Petal quantity
5;6 +
Petal shape
linear +  and orbiculate +
Petal size
reduced +
Petal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
Petal width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Petiole architecture or shape
sheathing +
Petiole presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug). +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil quantity
4 +  and 250 +
Publication title
Bot. Surv. Nebraska +
Publication year
1894 +
Receptacle pubescence
glabrous +
Reference
None +
Rhizome architecture
tuberous +
Ridge prominence
inconspicuous +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root position
basal +
Root presence
absent +
Seed architecture
not arillate +  and stalked +
Seed quantity
1;many +
Sepal architecture
petaloid +
Sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal atypical quantity
6 (20) +
Sepal coloration
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
Sepal duration
deciduous +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal length
? (?) +
Sepal orientation
reflexed +  and spreading +
Sepal pubescence
glabrous +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Sepal shape
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
Sepal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Sepal width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Side architecture
veined +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
(5-)10-many +
Staminode presence
absent +
Stem-base architecture
bulbous +
Stem architecture
not bulbous-based +  and rooting +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
glabrous +
Stipule presence
absent +
Stolon architecture
tuberous +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Ranunculus ranunculinus +
Taxon parent
Ranunculus sect. Cyrtorhyncha +
Taxon rank
species +
Ultimate segment arrangement or shape
elliptic to linear +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +  and annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism position
low +
Whole organism pubescence
glabrous +
Whole organism texture
herbaceous +  and woody +
X chromosome quantity
8 +  and 7 +