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|accepted_name=Ranunculus bulbosus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 554. 1753
|year=1753
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|common_names=Renoncule bulbeuse
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|code=W2
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Variety
|authority=Babey
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|name=Variety
|authority=(Jordan) Briquet
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Ranunculus;Ranunculus bulbosus
|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. Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus bulbosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;base architecture;base architecture or shape"><b>Stems </b>erect, never rooting nodally, strigose or hirsute, base bulbous and cormlike.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture"><b>Roots </b>never tuberous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="basal leaf-blade shape;basal leaf-blade shape;basal leaf-blade shape;basal leaf-blade architecture;basal leaf-blade shape;basal leaf-blade length;basal leaf-blade width;leaflet shape;ultimate segment shape;ultimate segment shape;ultimate segment shape;margin shape;apex shape"><b>Basal </b>leaf-blades ovate to cordate in outline, 3-foliolate, rarely merely deeply divided, 2–5.3 × 2.4–5.4 cm, leaflets 1–2×-lobed, ultimate segments oblong to obovate, margins toothed, apex rounded in outline.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="receptacle pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> receptacle pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal orientation;sepal some measurement;sepal length;sepal width;sepal pubescence">sepals reflexed 2–3 mm above base, 6–9 × 2–4 mm, pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration;petal length;petal width">petals 5, yellow, 9–13 × 8–11 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head shape;head length;head width"><b>Heads </b>of achenes ovoid, 6–9 × 5–7 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="achene length;achene width;achene pubescence;margin width;rib size or width">achenes 2.2–3.2 × 2.2–2.8 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.1–0.2 mm wide;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="beak duration;beak shape;beak shape;beak shape;beak some measurement;slender tip shape">beak persistent, lanceolate to deltate, 0.2–0.8 mm, slender tip hooked when present.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
|habitat=Meadows
|elevation=0–700 m
|distribution=B.C.;Nfld.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;South America;native to Eurasia;Pacific Islands;Australia
|discussion=<p>Ranunculus bulbosus is native to Europe and the Near East but has become naturalized in many other parts of the world. It is considered an introduced weed in the flora.</p><!--
--><p>The Iroquois used Ranunculus bulbosus as a toothache remede and as a a treatment for venereal disease (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus bulbosus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Variety;Variety
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
|habitat=Meadows
|elevation=0–700 m
|distribution=B.C.;Nfld.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;South America;native to Eurasia;Pacific Islands;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;W2
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Ranunculus
|species=Ranunculus bulbosus
|achene length=2.2mm;3.2mm
|achene pubescence=glabrous
|achene width=2.2mm;2.8mm
|apex shape=rounded
|basal leaf-blade architecture=3-foliolate
|basal leaf-blade length=2cm;5.3cm
|basal leaf-blade shape=divided;ovate;cordate
|basal leaf-blade width=2.4cm;5.4cm
|base architecture=bulbous
|base architecture or shape=cormlike
|beak duration=persistent
|beak shape=lanceolate;deltate
|beak some measurement=0.2mm;0.8mm
|head length=6mm;9mm
|head shape=ovoid
|head width=5mm;7mm
|leaflet shape=1-2×-lobed
|margin shape=toothed
|margin width=0.1mm;0.2mm
|petal coloration=yellow
|petal length=9mm;13mm
|petal quantity=5
|petal width=8mm;11mm
|receptacle pubescence=pubescent
|rib size or width=narrow
|root architecture=tuberous
|sepal length=6mm;9mm
|sepal orientation=reflexed
|sepal pubescence=pilose
|sepal some measurement=2mm;3mm
|sepal width=2mm;4mm
|slender tip shape=hooked
|stem architecture=rooting
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=hirsute;strigose
|ultimate segment shape=oblong;obovate
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