View source for Ranunculus ambigens

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|accepted_name=Ranunculus ambigens
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot.
|place=1: 16. 1878
|year=1878
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Flammula;Ranunculus ambigens
|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. Flammula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus ambigens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, rooting at proximal nodes, glabrous or sparsely hirsute. <b>Roots</b> not thickened basally, glabrous or somewhat canescent proximally. <b>Proximal</b> cauline leaf blades lanceolate, 5.9-12.2 × 1.1-2.4 cm, base rounded-obtuse to acuminate, margins denticulate, apex acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: bracts linear or lanceolate. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle glabrous; sepals 5, spreading or sometimes reflexed from base, 3-5 × 2-3 mm, glabrous; petals 5, 5-8 × 2-3 mm; nectary scales glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes short-ovoid to depressed-globose, 5-7 × 4-8 mm; achenes 1.8 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate, straight, 0.6-1.2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug).
|habitat=Creeks, ponds, ditches, marshes
|elevation=0-700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The name <i>Ranunculus</i> obtusiusculus Rafinesque has been mistakenly used for <i>R. ambigens</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus ambigens
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug).
|habitat=Creeks, ponds, ditches, marshes
|elevation=0-700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot.
|publication year=1878
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_687.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Flammula
|species=Ranunculus ambigens
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