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|accepted_name=Ranunculus cardiophyllus
|accepted_authority=Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 14. 1829
|year=1829
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|common_names=Renoncule pédatifide
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus cardiophyllus var. coloradensis
|authority=L. D. Benson
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|name=Ranunculus cardiophyllus var. subsagittatus
|authority=(A. Gray) L. D. Benson
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|name=Ranunculus pedatifidus var. cardiophyllus
|authority=(Hooker) Britton
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus cardiophyllus
|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 cardiophyllus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, 11-53 cm, pilose or glabrous, each with 1-5 flowers. <b>Roots</b> cylindric, 1.3-2 mm thick. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent, blades ovate or elliptic, undivided or innermost 3-5-parted, 2.2-6.9 × 1.8-4.5 cm, base cordate to broadly obtuse, margins crenate with more than 5 crenae, apex rounded to broadly acute. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels pilose; receptacle canescent; sepals 5-8 × 3-7 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals (0-)5-10, 6-13 × 4-13 mm; nectary scale ciliate or sometimes glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes ovoid or cylindric, 5-16 × 5-9 mm; achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.5-2 mm, finely canescent; beak subulate, curved or straight, 0.6-1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep).
|habitat=Wet or dry meadows
|elevation=600-3400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Ranunculus cardiophyllus</i> is quite variable. Through most of its range, leaves always have rounded marginal crenae and cordate or truncate bases, stems are often densely pilose (but may be sparsely pilose or glabrous), and achene beaks are curved. In plants from Arizona and New Mexico, however, leaves may have obtuse marginal crenae or broadly obtuse bases, stems are never densely pilose, and achene beaks are sometimes straight. Forms showing some or all of these charactersistics are often separated as <i>R. cardiophyllus</i> var. subsagittatus. The characteristics are poorly correlated, however, and taxonomic recognition is not warranted.</p><!--
--><p>Most specimens of <i>Ranunculus cardiophyllus</i> have all of the basal leaves unlobed, but plants with the innermost basal leaf 3-5-lobed are common. A few specimens, mostly from the northern part of its range, have all of the basal leaves 5-parted or -divided. Those plants approach <i>R. pedatifidus</i> in their morphology, and <i>R. cardiophyllus</i> has sometimes been considered a variety of that species.</p>
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name=Ranunculus cardiophyllus
|author=
|authority=Hooker
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Ranunculus cardiophyllus var. coloradensis;Ranunculus cardiophyllus var. subsagittatus;Ranunculus pedatifidus var. cardiophyllus
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep).
|habitat=Wet or dry meadows
|elevation=600-3400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1829
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_68.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus cardiophyllus
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