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Ranunculus gmelinii

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Name

Identification
Ranunculus gmelinii (Nutt.) H.Hara [family RANUNCULACEAE ] Verified by Lyman David Benson, Ranunculus limosus Nutt. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] Ranunculus multifidus Forssk. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Ranunculus yukonensis
  • Ranunculus multifidus
  • Ranunculus purshii
  • Ranunculus limosus
  • Ranunculus gmelinii
Common name
  • Renoncule de Gmelin, Flora of North America Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Ranunculus gmelinii de Candolle [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Ranunculus gmelinii de Candolle [family RANUNCULACEAE], Syst. Nat., 1: 303. 1817
Ranunculus gmelinii subsp. purshii (Richardson) Hultén [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Ranunculus gmelinii var. hookeri (D. Don) L. D. Benson [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Ranunculus gmelinii var. limosus (Nuttall) H. Hara [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Ranunculus gmelinii var. prolificus (Fernald) H. Hara [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Ranunculus purshii Richardson [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Information
Stems prostrate or sometimes floating, glabrous or hirsute, rooting nodally. Leaves: basal leaves absent, cauline leaf blades reniform to circular, 3-parted, 0.6-6.5 × 1.1-9 cm, base cordate, segments again 1-3×-lobed to -dissected, margins entire or crenate, apex rounded to filiform. Flowers: receptacle sparsely hispid; sepals 4-5, spreading or reflexed from base, 2-5 × 2-4 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose; petals 4-14, 3-7 × 2-5 mm; nectary scale variable, crescent-shaped, funnel-shaped, or flaplike; style 0.2-0.4 mm. Heads of achenes globose or ovoid, 3-8 × 3-7 mm; achenes 1-1.6 × 1-1.2 mm, glabrous; beak narrowly lanceolate or filiform, 0.4-0.8 mm. 2n = 16, 32, 64.
Phenology
Flowering spring-summer (May-Sep)
Altitude range
0-2800 m
Distribution
Eurasia.USA AlaskaUSA Colo.USA IdahoUSA Ill.USA IowaUSA MaineUSA Mich.USA Minn.USA Mont.USA Nev.USA N.Mex.USA N.Dak.USA Oreg.USA UtahUSA Wash.USA Wis.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada P.E.I.Canada Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon
Discussion
Ranunculus gmelinii has been divided into varieties on the basis of indument and flower size. These characters are variable and poorly correlated with one another, however, and these varieties scarcely seem natural.

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