Ranunculus bonariensis var. trisepalus

(Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott) Lourteig

Darwiniana 9: 465. 1951.

Basionym: Ranunculus trisepalus Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott Bot. Misc. 3: 133. 1834
Synonyms: Ranunculus alveolatus A. M. Carter
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect or decumbent, rooting at proximal nodes, glabrous. Roots not thickened basally, glabrous. Proximal cauline leaf-blades elliptic to ovate, 0.8-2.3 × 0.5-1.2 cm, base rounded or obtuse, margins entire to finely denticulate, apex broadly rounded-acute to rounded. Inflorescences: bracts elliptic to ovate. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals 3, spreading or reflexed from base, 1.5-3 × 0.5-2 mm, glabrous; petals 1-3, 1.5-2.5 × 0.5-1 mm; nectary scales glabrous. Heads of achenes globose to ovoid, 2-5 × 2-4 mm; achenes 1.4-1.8 × 1-1.2 mm, smooth, glabrous; beak absent.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat: Vernal pools and edges of streams
Elevation: 30-1000 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not prolonged +
globose-lenticular +  and globose +
1-2 times as wide as thick +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
not ornamented +
1mm;1.2mm +
broadly rounded-acute +  and rounded +
Alan T. Whittemore +
(Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott) Lourteig +
obtuse +  and rounded +
Ranunculus trisepalus +
curved +  and straight +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
elliptic;ovate +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
1-15(-40)-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Calif. +  and South America +
30-1000 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Vernal pools and edges of streams +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
globose;ovoid +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
reniform +  and linear +
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +, all +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
entire;finely denticulate +
distinct +
1.5mm;2.5mm +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Flowering spring (Mar–May). +
4 +  and 250 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
nodal +  and basal +
not arillate +  and stalked +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
reflexed +  and spreading +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
(5-)10-many +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
decumbent +  and erect +
persistent +
Ranunculus alveolatus +
Ranunculus bonariensis var. trisepalus +
Ranunculus bonariensis +
variety +
perennial +  and annual +
pilose +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +