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|accepted_name=Trollius laxus
|accepted_authority=Salisbury
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|place=8: 303. 1807
|year=1807
}}
|common_names=Spreading globe-flower;American globe-flower
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Trollius americanus
|authority=de Candolle
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Trollius;Trollius laxus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Trollius]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Trollius laxus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>to 0.5-5.2 dm, base with few petioles (occasionally thatchlike) persisting from previous year. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves with petioles to 5-30 cm; cauline leaves 2-5, base scarcely membranous or clasping. <b>Flowers</b> 2.5-5 cm diam.; sepals 5-7(-9), spreading, bright to pale yellow when fresh, ovate to obovate or nearly orbiculate, 10-20 mm; petals 10-15(-25), yellow, 1/2-2/3 length of stamens when pollen shed, 3-6 mm. <b>Follicles</b> usually 5-12, 8-12 mm including beak; beak usually straight or slightly incurved (rarely slightly recurved). <b>2n</b>=32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Calcareous soils (rarely not calcareous) in alkaline meadows and open swamps
|elevation=100-500 m
|distribution=Conn.;Del.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;Ohio.
|discussion=<p><i>Trollius laxus</i> is closely related to the widespread, relatively common, western species <i>T. albiflorus</i>. Morphologically, the two are separated only by sepal color and the tendency for <i>T. albiflorus</i> to have slightly recurved follicular beaks and slightly smaller seeds.</p><!--
--><p><i>Trollius laxus</i> has been extirpated from central Pennsylvania. The species has been reported from Michigan; E. G. Voss (1972+, vol. 2) cast doubt on its occurrence there because no specimens to substantiate the reports have been found.</p><!--
--><p>The Cherokee used infusions prepared from the leaves and stems of <i>Trollius laxus</i> to treat thrash (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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name=Trollius laxus
|author=
|authority=Salisbury
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Trollius americanus
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Calcareous soils (rarely not calcareous) in alkaline meadows and open swamps
|elevation=100-500 m
|distribution=Conn.;Del.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;Ohio.
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|publication year=1807
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Trollius
|species=Trollius laxus
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