Ranunculus lobbii (Hiern) A.Gray

Lobb's buttercup (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Stems glabrous. Leaves laminate and filiform-dissected; laminate leaf blades reniform in outline, deeply 3-parted, 0.5-0.8 × 0.9-1.5 cm, segments elliptic or obovate, margins sometimes notched; filiform-dissected leaves sometimes few and inconspicuous, stipules gradually tapering upward, connate for whole length, mostly petiolate. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading, 2-3 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous; petals 5, 4-6 × 2-5 mm; style 1-1.5 mm. Fruiting pedicels recurved. Heads of achenes hemispheric, 3 × 4-5 mm; achenes 2-2.4 × 1.4-1.8 mm, glabrous; beak deciduous, sometimes leaving stub to 0.2 mm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.8
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Flower color
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 10-12
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Distribution

Ranunculus lobbii world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Conservation status

Ranunculus lobbii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:217408-2
WFO ID wfo-0000463009
COL ID 4RGTW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ranunculus lobbii Batrachium lobbii Ranunculus hydrocharis f. lobbii Ranunculus hederaceus var. lobbii