Ranunculus flabellaris

Rafinesque

Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 344. 1818.

Common names: Renoncule &agrave évantails
Endemic
Synonyms: Ranunculus delphinifolius Torrey
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems floating or prostrate, glabrous, rooting at proximal nodes. Leaves: basal leaves seldom present, cauline leaf-blades semicircular to reniform, 1-6×-lobed, parted, or dissected 1.2-7.3 × 1.9-10.8 cm, base truncate or cordate, segment margins entire or crenate, apex rounded to filiform. Flowers: receptacle sparsely hispid; sepals 5, spreading or weakly reflexed, 5-7 × 3-6 mm, glabrous; petals 5-6 (-14), 7-12 × 5-9 mm; nectary scale variable, crescent-shaped, funnel-shaped, or flaplike; style 0.8-1.2 mm. Heads of achenes ovoid, 8-10 × 7-8 mm; achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.6-2.2 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate, straight, 1-1.8 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat: Shallow water or drying mud
Elevation: 0-1500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Calif., Conn., Del., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

The Fox tribes used Ranunculus flabellaris as a cold remedy and a respiratory aid (D. E. Moerman 1986).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"high" is not a number.

... more about "Ranunculus flabellaris"
not prolonged +
compressed-ellipsoid +  and discoid +
1.2-3 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 />) +
with weak transverse wrinkles +  and smooth +
1.6mm;2.2mm +
rounded +  and filiform +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Rafinesque +
cordate +  and truncate +
straight +
lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
lobed;divided or deeply dissected +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
semicircular;reniform 1-6×-lobed parted or dissected +
Renoncule &agrave +  and évantails +
2-25-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
0-1500 m +
large +  and expanded +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Shallow water or drying mud +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
reniform +  and linear +
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
toothed;crenate;toothed;crenate;entire +
flaplike +, funnel--shaped +  and crescent--shaped +
distinct +
7mm;12mm +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug). +
4 +  and 250 +
Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. +
crescent--shaped +
nodal +  and basal +
not arillate +  and stalked +
crenate +  and entire +
lobed +  and undivided +
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 />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
W1 +  and Endemic +
(5-)10-many +
prostrate +  and floating +
persistent +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
Ranunculus delphinifolius +
Ranunculus flabellaris +
Ranunculus sect. Hecatonia +
species +
funnel--shaped +
perennial +  and annual +
hirsute +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +