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|accepted_name=Ranunculus laxicaulis
|accepted_authority=Darby
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Man. Bot.
|place=2: 4. 1841
|year=1841
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|authority=Small
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|authority=E. O. Beal
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|name=Species
|authority=Engelmann ex Engelmann & A. Gray
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Flammula;Ranunculus laxicaulis
|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 laxicaulis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, often rooting at proximal nodes, glabrous or sparsely pilose. <b>Roots</b> not thickened basally, glabrous. <b>Proximal</b> cauline leaf blades ovate to lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 1.5-5.7 × 0.4-2.4 cm, base cordate to acute, margins finely denticulate or entire, apex broadly rounded to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: bracts linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle glabrous; sepals 4-5, spreading or reflexed from base, 2-3 × 1.5-3 mm, glabrous or pubescent; petals 4-6, 2-6 × 1-2 mm; nectary scales glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes hemispheric to ovoid, 2-4 × 2-3 mm; achenes 0.8-1 × 0.8 mm, glabrous; beak deciduous, leaving stump 0.1-0.2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Jul).
|habitat=Around ponds and ditches, in meadows, roadsides, and open woods
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus laxicaulis
|author=
|authority=Darby
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Species;Species;Species
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Jul).
|habitat=Around ponds and ditches, in meadows, roadsides, and open woods
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Man. Bot.
|publication year=1841
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Flammula
|species=Ranunculus laxicaulis
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