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|accepted_name=Ranunculus sardous
|accepted_authority=Crantz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Stirp. Austr. Fasc.
|place=2: 84. 1763
|year=1763
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Species
|authority=Linnaeus
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Echinella;Ranunculus sardous
|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. Echinella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus sardous]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence;base architecture"><b>Stems </b>nearly erect, hispid, base not bulbous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade architecture;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade length;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade width;leaflet shape;leaflet base shape;leaflet base shape;leaflet base shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Basal </b>and lower cauline leaf-blades ovate to cordate, 3-foliolate, 2-6 × 2-6 cm, leaflets again parted, leaflet base truncate to acute, margins crenate-dentate to crenate-lobulate, apex rounded to obtuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="receptacle pubescence">receptacle pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal orientation;sepal length;sepal width;sepal pubescence">sepals 5, reflexed, 3-8 × 1.5-3 mm, pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petal quantity;petal length;petal width">petals 5, 7-10 × 4-8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head shape;head shape;head length;head width"><b>Heads </b>of achenes globose or ovoid, 5-8 × 6-7 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="achene quantity;achene length;achene width;face relief;face architecture or pubescence or relief;face pubescence;margin architecture or pubescence or relief">achenes 15-35 per head, 2-3 × 2-3 mm, faces sparsely papillate or sometimes smooth, glabrous, margin smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="beak shape;beak shape;beak shape;beak course;beak some measurement">beak oblong to deltate, curved, 0.4-0.7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Aug).
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, open woods
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;native to Europe;Pacific Islands;Australia
|discussion=<p>Ranunculus sardous was collected in New Brunswick and Ontario in the 1800s, but it apparently has not persisted in those provinces.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus sardous
|author=
|authority=Crantz
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Species
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Aug).
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, open woods
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;native to Europe;Pacific Islands;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Stirp. Austr. Fasc.
|publication year=1763
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Weedy;Introduced
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Echinella
|species=Ranunculus sardous
|achene length=2mm;3mm
|achene quantity=15;35
|achene width=2mm;3mm
|apex shape=rounded;obtuse
|basal and lower cauline leaf-blade architecture=3-foliolate
|basal and lower cauline leaf-blade length=2cm;6cm
|basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape=ovate;cordate
|basal and lower cauline leaf-blade width=2cm;6cm
|base architecture=not bulbous
|beak course=curved
|beak shape=oblong;deltate
|beak some measurement=0.4mm;0.7mm
|face architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|face pubescence=glabrous
|face relief=papillate
|flower architecture=pedicellate
|head length=5mm;8mm
|head shape=ovoid;globose
|head width=6mm;7mm
|leaflet base shape=truncate;acute
|leaflet shape=parted
|margin architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|margin shape=crenate-dentate;crenate-lobulate
|petal length=7mm;10mm
|petal quantity=5
|petal width=4mm;8mm
|receptacle pubescence=pilose
|sepal length=3mm;8mm
|sepal orientation=reflexed
|sepal pubescence=pilose
|sepal quantity=5
|sepal width=1.5mm;3mm
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=hispid
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