Ranunculus andersonii

Ranunculus andersonii

Ranunculus andersonii is a species of the family Ranunculaceae.

Description

The stems are erect or ascending, not root at the nodes and are hairless. Tuberous roots are not present. The leaf blade of basal leaves 1.5 to 3.8 centimeters × 2.1 to 3.8 inches in size, heart-shaped in outline and threefold easily assembled to double. The leaflets are two to three parts. The terminal leaflet is elliptic to linear, entire or occasionally with individual teeth and blunt or pointed tip. The Respektakel is hispid. The sepals are 9-15 × 5-9 mm tall, hairless, and spread. The petals are 12-18 mm × 9-13 mm tall and pale pink and white. The fruiting heads are 13 to 27 × 21 to 29 millimeters in size, spherical or compressed - spherical. The pericarp is veined, inflated and not winged. The fruit tube is 6-12 mm × 4-6 mm tall and hairless. The beak is 0.2 to 0.6 millimeters long, binding and triangular or subulate from a triangular base.

The species blooms from April to May

Occurrence

The species is found in western North America. The distribution area of Ranunculus andersonii includes Nevada, the western Utah, eastern California and southern Oregon and Idaho.

The species grows on slopes in from sagebrush or pine and juniper bushes embossed vegetation at altitude 900-2300 meters.

System

Ranunculus andersonii was first described in 1867 by Asa Gray.

Documents

• Alan T. Whittemore: Ranunculus andersonii. In: Flora of North America. Vol 3 online