Ranunculus flammula var. flammula

Linnaeus
Synonyms: Ranunculus flammula var. angustifolius
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Revision as of 22:11, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Stems erect to prostrate, 0.8-3 mm thick. Leaf blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 1.8-4.5 × 0.3-1 cm. Flowers: sepals 3-4 mm; petals 5-7 × 3-4 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Sep).
Habitat: Shallow water or muddy shores of ponds
Elevation: 0-1000 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, B.C., Nfld., N.S., Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash., Eurasia.

Discussion

L. D. Benson (1948) reported Ranunculus flammula var. flammula only from eastern Canada and referred all material from the Pacific Slope to Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis. Benson's treatment is not tenable, however, because some western collections are indistinguishable from the eastern plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Alan T. Whittemore +
Linnaeus +
Ranunculus subg. Flammula +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, B.C. +, Nfld. +, N.S. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +, Wash. +  and Eurasia. +
0-1000 m +
Shallow water or muddy shores of ponds +
Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Sep). +
Ranunculus flammula var. angustifolius +
Ranunculus flammula var. flammula +
Ranunculus flammula +
variety +