View source for Ranunculus pusillus

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|accepted_name=Ranunculus pusillus
|accepted_authority=Poiret
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|place=6: 99. 1804
|year=1804
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus oblongifolius
|authority=Elliott
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus pusillus var. angustifolius
|authority=(Engelmann ex Engelmann & A. Gray) L. D. Benson
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus tener
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Flammula;Ranunculus pusillus
|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 pusillus]]</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, rooting at most proximal nodes, glabrous. <b>Roots</b> not thickened basally, glabrous. <b>Proximal</b> cauline leaf blades ovate or lanceolate, 1.2-4.2 × 0.5-1.2 cm, base acute to truncate, margins entire or denticulate, apex acuminate to rounded. <b>Inflorescences</b>: bracts linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle glabrous; sepals 4-5, spreading or reflexed from base, 1.5-3 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute; petals 1-3, 1.5-2 × 0.5-1 mm; nectary scales glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes hemispheric to cylindric, 2-8 × 2-3 mm; achenes 1-1.2 × 0.6-0.8 mm, ± tuberculate, glabrous; beak absent or nearly so, to 0.1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
|habitat=Ditches, ponds, and swamps
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>In most specimens of <i>Ranunculus pusillus</i>, the heads of achenes are hemispheric to short-ovate and only 2-3 mm. Occasional plants with cylindric heads of achenes 4-6 mm from the Gulf Coast states have been called <i>R. pusillus</i> <i></i>var.<i> angustifolius</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus pusillus
|authority=Poiret
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Ranunculus oblongifolius;Ranunculus pusillus var. angustifolius;Ranunculus tener
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
|habitat=Ditches, ponds, and swamps
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication year=1804
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_337.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Flammula
|species=Ranunculus pusillus
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