Ranunculus alismifolius

Ranunculus alismifolius

Ranunculus alismifolius is a plant of the family Ranunculaceae.

Description

The stems are erect or ascending and glabrous or rauhaarig. You are not rooted at the nodes. The roots are smooth and thin or thickened fusiform at the base. The leaf blades of the basal leaves are pointed at their base. The lower stem leaves are 1.8 to 14.1 × 0.7 to 2.9 centimeters long, lanceolate, ovate or elliptic, entire or finely serrated, pointed at the leaf base and rounded to acuminate to obtuse at the blade tip. The bracts are lanceolate. The Rezeptakel is hairless. The 5 sepals are 2-6 × 1-4 mm tall, glabrous or rauhaarig and spread out or bent at the base. The 5 to 12 petals are 5-14 × 2-8 mm in size. The nectar scales are smooth. The heads of achenes are 3-7 × 4-8 mm in size and hemispherical or spherical. The achenes are glabrous or slightly rauhaarig and 1.6 to 2.8 × 1.2 to 2 millimeters in size. The beak is 0.4 to 1.2 millimeters in size, subulate and straightened up slightly.

Occurrence

Ranunculus alismifolius occurs in North America.

System

Ranunculus alismifolius was first described in 1849 by George Bentham. We distinguish six varieties:

  • Ranunculus alismifolius var alismellus A. Gray
  • Ranunculus alismifolius var alismifolius
  • Ranunculus alismifolius var davisii L. D. Benson
  • Ranunculus alismifolius var hartwegii (Greene) Jepson
  • Ranunculus alismifolius var lemmonii ( A. Gray ) LD Benson
  • Ranunculus montanus var alismifolius S. Watson

Documents

  • Alan T. Whittemore: Ranunculus alismifolius. In: Flora of North America. Volume 3 (online).
Genus Species Camassia quamash
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