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|accepted_name=Ranunculus testiculatus
|accepted_authority=Crantz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Stirp. Austr. Fasc.
|place=2: 97. 1763
|year=1763
}}
|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=Ceratocephalus orthoceras
|authority=de Candolle
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ceratocephalus testiculatus
|authority=(Crantz) Roth
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ceratocephala;Ranunculus testiculatus
|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. Ceratocephala]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus testiculatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, not rooting nodally, villous, not bulbous-based. <b>Tuberous</b> roots absent. <b>Basal</b> leaf blades broadly spatulate in outline, 1-2×-dissected, 0.9-3.8 × 0.5-1.5 cm, segments linear, margins entire, apex obtuse to acuminate. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading, 3-6 × 1-2 mm, villous; petals yellow, 3-5 × 1-3 mm. <b>Heads</b> of achenes cylindric, 9-16(-27) × 8-10 mm; achenes 1.6-2 × 1.8-2 mm, tomentose; beak persistent, lanceolate, 3.5-4.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Disturbed areas, especially in grassland
|elevation=400-2500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;native to Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>In North America, <i>Ranunculus testiculatus</i> seems to be expanding its range rapidly in arid and semiarid areas. A second species of this subgenus, R. falcatus Linnaeus [Ceratocephala falcata (Linnaeus) Persoon], has been reported from North America, but all reports seem to be based on misidentified material of <i>R. testiculatus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus testiculatus
|author=
|authority=Crantz
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Ceratocephalus orthoceras;Ceratocephalus testiculatus
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Disturbed areas, especially in grassland
|elevation=400-2500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;native to Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Stirp. Austr. Fasc.
|publication year=1763
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_762.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ceratocephala
|species=Ranunculus testiculatus
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