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|accepted_name=Ranunculus ranunculinus
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Rydberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Surv. Nebraska
|place=3: 23. 1894
|year=1894
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Species
|authority=Nuttall
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Cyrtorhyncha;Ranunculus sect. Cyrtorhyncha;Ranunculus ranunculinus
|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. Cyrtorhyncha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Ranunculus sect. Cyrtorhyncha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus ranunculinus]]</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 architecture;caudex height or length or size"><b>Stems </b>erect from short caudices, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture;root presence"><b>Tuberous </b>roots absent.</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;leaflet shape;leaflet shape;ultimate segment arrangement or shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaves:</b> basal leaf-blades ovate to semicircular in outline, ternately or pinnately 2×-compound, 2.4-8.2 × 2-8.5 cm, leaflets parted and again lobed, ultimate segments elliptic to linear, margins entire (or occasionally a lobe reduced to tooth), apex acuminate to rounded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="receptacle pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> receptacle glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal orientation;sepal orientation;sepal length;sepal width;sepal pubescence">sepals spreading or reflexed from base, 3-6 × 1-3 mm, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal coloration;petal length;petal width">petals (0-) 5-6, yellow, 3-8 × 1-3 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head shape;head shape;head shape;head length;head width"><b>Heads </b>of achenes hemispheric to globose, 4-5 × 6-7 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="achene length;achene width;achene pubescence">achenes 2.2-3.6 × 1.2-1.8 mm, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="">beak filiform, strongly reflexed from base, 0.8-1.5 mm, brittle, often broken.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="beak shape;beak orientation;beak some measurement;beak fragility;beak condition or fragility;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug).
|habitat=Open grassy or brushy slopes
|elevation=1700-2600 m
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus ranunculinus
|author=
|authority=(Nuttall) Rydberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Species
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug).
|habitat=Open grassy or brushy slopes
|elevation=1700-2600 m
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Surv. Nebraska
|publication year=1894
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Cyrtorhyncha
|section=Ranunculus sect. Cyrtorhyncha
|species=Ranunculus ranunculinus
|2n chromosome quantity=32
|achene length=2.2mm;3.6mm
|achene pubescence=glabrous
|achene width=1.2mm;1.8mm
|apex shape=acuminate;rounded
|basal leaf-blade architecture=2×-compound
|basal leaf-blade shape=ovate;semicircular
|beak condition or fragility=broken
|beak fragility=brittle
|beak orientation=reflexed
|beak shape=filiform
|beak some measurement=0.8mm;1.5mm
|caudex height or length or size=short
|head length=4mm;5mm
|head shape=hemispheric;globose
|head width=6mm;7mm
|leaflet shape=lobed;parted
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|petal atypical quantity=0;5
|petal coloration=yellow
|petal length=3mm;8mm
|petal quantity=5;6
|petal width=1mm;3mm
|receptacle pubescence=glabrous
|root architecture=tuberous
|root presence=absent
|sepal length=3mm;6mm
|sepal orientation=reflexed;spreading
|sepal pubescence=glabrous
|sepal width=1mm;3mm
|stem architecture=not bulbous-based;rooting
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|ultimate segment arrangement or shape=elliptic to linear
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