View source for Ranunculus sulphureus

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|accepted_name=Ranunculus sulphureus
|accepted_authority=Solander
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. J. Phipps, Voy. North Pole,
|place=202. 1774
|year=1774
}}
|common_names=Renoncule soufrée
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus sulphureus var. intercedens
|authority=Hultén
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus sulphureus
|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. Epirotes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus sulphureus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect from short caudices, 3-20 cm, sparsely pilose to glabrous, each with 1-3 flowers. <b>Roots</b> slender, 0.4-1 mm thick. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent, blades transversely elliptic to orbiculate, 1-3 × 1-3 cm, base obtuse to nearly truncate, margins crenate or else blades shallowly 3-lobed with crenate lateral lobes, apex rounded or rounded-apiculate. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels sparsely brown-pilose; receptacle brown-pilose; sepals 6-8 × 3-6 mm, abaxially densely brown-hispid; petals 5(-6), 8-12 × 6-10 mm; nectary scale glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes ovoid-cylindric or ovoid, 6-7(-9) × 5-6 mm; achenes 1.8-2.2 × 1.4-1.8 mm, glabrous or sparsely brown-hispid; beak slender, straight or curved, 0.8-1.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 42, ca. 80, ca. 84, 96, ca. 98.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Sep).
|habitat=Meadows and seepy slopes, often around late snowbeds, bogs, and streamsides
|elevation=0-1100 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Material of <i>Ranunculus sulphureus</i> from the Aleutian Islands has 3-lobed leaves similar to those of <i>R. nivalis</i>. These plants are sometimes separated as <i>R. sulphureus</i> var. intercedens.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus sulphureus
|authority=Solander
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Ranunculus sulphureus var. intercedens
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Sep).
|habitat=Meadows and seepy slopes, often around late snowbeds, bogs, and streamsides
|elevation=0-1100 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in C. J. Phipps, Voy. North Pole,
|publication year=1774
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_1013.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus sulphureus
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