View source for Ranunculus micranthus

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|accepted_name=Ranunculus micranthus
|accepted_authority=Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 18. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus micranthus var. cymbalistes
|authority=(Greene) Fernald
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus micranthus var. delitescens
|authority=(Greene) Fernald
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus micranthus
|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 micranthus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, 11-40 cm, villous, each with 8-35 flowers. <b>Roots</b> dimorphic, some filiform, 0.2-0.6 mm thick and some with tuberous bases 1-2 mm thick. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent, blades ovate, orbiculate, or transversely elliptic, outer blades undivided, inner 3-parted or 3-foliolate, 1-3.3 × 1-3 cm, base truncate to broadly obtuse or sometimes weakly cordate, margins crenate, apex rounded-obtuse. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels glabrous or villous; receptacle glabrous; sepals 2-4 × 1-1.5 mm, abaxially glabrous or pubescent, hairs colorless; petals 5, 1.5-3.5 × 0.5-1.5 mm; nectary scale glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes globose to cylindric, 3-7 × 2-4 mm; achenes 1.1-1.5 × 1-1.3 mm, glabrous; beak subulate, straight or curved, 0.2-0.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Woods, meadows, and clearings
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;D.C.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus micranthus
|authority=Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Ranunculus micranthus var. cymbalistes;Ranunculus micranthus var. delitescens
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Woods, meadows, and clearings
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;D.C.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1838
|special status=Endemic;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_147.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus micranthus
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