View source for Ranunculus abortivus

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ranunculus abortivus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 551. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus abortivus subsp. acrolasius
|authority=(Fernald) B. M. Kapoor & A. Löve
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus abortivus var. acrolasius
|authority=Fernald
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus abortivus var. eucyclus
|authority=Fernald
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus abortivus var. indivisus
|authority=Fernald
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus abortivus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Ranunculus sect. Epirotes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus abortivus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or nearly erect, 10-60 cm, glabrous, each with 3-50 flowers. <b>Roots</b> filiform, sometimes enlarged basally, 0.5-1.5 mm thick. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent, blades reniform or orbiculate, undivided or sometimes innermost 3-parted or -foliate, 1.4-4.2 × 2-5.2 cm, base shallowly to deeply cordate, margins crenulate to crenate-lobulate, apex rounded to rounded-obtuse. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels glabrous or nearly so; receptacle sparsely to very sparsely pilose; sepals 2.5-4 × 1-2 mm, abaxially glabrous; petals 5, 1.5-3.5 × 1-2 mm; nectary scale glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes ovoid, 3-6 × 2.5-5 mm; achenes 1.4-1.6 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous; beak subulate, curved, 0.1-0.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Jul).
|habitat=Woods, meadows, fallow fields, and clearings
|elevation=0-3100 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Three varieties of <i>Ranunculus abortivus</i> are sometimes recognized. Plants from New England and the northern Appalachians often have thick stems and orbiculate leaves with narrow, deep basal sinuses; this form has been called <i>R. abortivus</i> var. eucyclus. Plants from southeastern Virginia may have the upper bracts merely lobed rather than deeply divided as is usual in <i>R. </i>sect.<i> Epirotes</i>; those have been called R. arbortivus var. indivisus.</p><!--
--><p>Native American tribes have used <i>Ranunculus abortivus</i> medicinally for a variety of purposes (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus abortivus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Ranunculus abortivus subsp. acrolasius;Ranunculus abortivus var. acrolasius;Ranunculus abortivus var. eucyclus;Ranunculus abortivus var. indivisus
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Jul).
|habitat=Woods, meadows, fallow fields, and clearings
|elevation=0-3100 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_718.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus abortivus
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ranunculus sect. Epirotes]]