familyRanunculaceae
genusRanunculus
subgenusRanunculus subg. Ranunculus
sectionRanunculus sect. Ranunculus
speciesRanunculus occidentalis
Ranunculus occidentalis var. brevistylis
Pittonia 3: 14. 1896.
Stems erect to reclining, 2-3 mm thick, pilose or glabrous. Basal leaf-blades 3-parted, ultimate segments elliptic or narrowly elliptic, margins dentate. Flowers: sepals 5, 5-7 mm; petals 5-6, 8-12 × 3-8 mm. Achenes 3-3.4 × 2.6-3 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate, curved, 1.2-1.4 mm. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat: Coastal and mountain meadows
Elevation: 0-1000 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Yukon, Alaska.
Discussion
Ranunculus occidentalis var. brevistylis may be difficult to distinguish from var. occidentalis; the two have sometimes been combined. The pubescence character distinguishing them is well correlated with geography, however, so I am provisionally maintaining both of them.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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not prolonged +
flattened +
3-15 times as wide as thick +
glabrous +
2.6mm;3mm +
dehiscing +
foliolate +
compound +
parted +
not bulbous +
curved +
persistent +
much shorter +
terminal +
absent +
lanceolate +
leaflike +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
tuberous +
compound +
alternate +
parted +
1-50-flowered +
sessile +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
3;5 +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
hemispheric +
compound +
undivided +
petiolate +
dentate +
free +
low +
toothed +
0.1mm;0.2mm +
absent +
attached +
glabrous +
hypogynous +
yellow +
developed +
distinct +
8mm;12mm +
absent +
conspicuous +
5;6 +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
Pittonia +
1896 +
glabrous +
tuberous +
narrow +
narrow +
tuberous +
1;many +
1(-2)×-lobed +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
? (?) +
reflexed +
hirsute +
veined +
Endemic +
distinct +
(5-)10-many +
absent +
bulbous +
rooting +
absent +
tuberous +
persistent +
absent +
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