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|accepted_name=Ranunculus adoneus
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|place=15: 56. 1863
|year=1863
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus adoneus var. alpinus
|authority=(S. Watson) L. D. Benson
|rank=variety
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|name=Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. adoneus
|authority=(A. Gray) C. L. Hitchcock
|rank=variety
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|name=Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. alpinus
|authority=(S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock
|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus adoneus
|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 adoneus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect from large caudices, 9-25 cm, glabrous, each with 1-3 flowers. <b>Roots</b> slender, 0.8-1.4 mm thick. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent, blades circular to reniform in outline, 2-3×-dissected into linear segments, 0.9-2.5 × 1.1-2.8 cm, base obtuse, margins entire, apices of segments narrowly rounded to acute. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels glabrous; receptacle glabrous; sepals 4-11 × 3-7 mm, abaxially sparsely pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5-10, 8-15 × 8-19 mm; nectary scale glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes ovoid, 6-12 × 5-9 mm; achenes 1.8-2.4 × 1-1.4 mm, glabrous or nearly so; beak subulate, straight, 1.2-1.7 mm. 2 n = 16.</span><!--

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|habitat=Spring-summer (May–Sep). Alpine and subalpine meadows, usually around melting snowbanks
|elevation=2500-4000 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Most collections of <i>Ranunculus adoneus</i> from Colorado, including the type specimen, tend to be small, with narrow leaf segments (only 0.5-1 mm wide) and large flowers. The more widespread form, with leaf segments 1-2 mm wide and more variable flowers, has been called <i>R. adoneus</i> <i></i>var.<i> alpinus</i>. The leaf and flower characteristics are very poorly correlated, however, and specimens referable to <i></i>var.<i> alpinus</i> vary greatly in stature and flower size, so the two forms scarcely merit formal recognition.</p>
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name=Ranunculus adoneus
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Ranunculus adoneus var. alpinus;Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. adoneus;Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. alpinus
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|habitat=Spring-summer (May–Sep). Alpine and subalpine meadows, usually around melting snowbanks
|elevation=2500-4000 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|publication year=1863
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_1141.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus adoneus
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