Difference between revisions of "Ranunculus inamoenus"
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Stems erect, 5-33 cm, pilose or glabrous, each with 3-7 flowers. Roots slender, 0.6-1.2 mm thick. Basal leaves persistent, blades ovate, obovate or orbiculate, rarely reniform, undivided or innermost with 2 clefts or partings near apex, 1-3.7 × 1.1-3.5 cm, base acute to rounded, margins entire, apex rounded. Flowers: pedicels appressed-pubescent; receptacle pilose or glabrous; sepals 3-5 × 2-3 mm, abaxially pilose, hairs colorless; petals 5, 4-9 × 2-5 mm; nectary scale glabrous. Heads of achenes cylindric, 7-17 × 5-8 mm; achenes 1.5-2 × 1.3-1.8 mm, canescent or glabrous; beak subulate, straight or hooked, 0.4-2 mm.
Distribution
w North America.
Discussion
The Navaho-Ramah considered Ranunculus inamoenus to be an effective hunting medicine, used to protect hunters from their prey (D. E. Moerman 1986).
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Sepals 3–5 mm; beaks of achenes 0.4–0.9 mm. | Ranunculus inamoenus var. inamoenus |
| 1 | Sepals 5–7 mm; beaks of achenes 1.4–2 mm. | Ranunculus inamoenus var. subaffinis |