Blooms: May - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Thjroughout much of North and South America, and Eurasia.
Habitat: Ditches, marshes and muddy meadowlands.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Thjroughout much of North and South America, and Eurasia.
Habitat: Ditches, marshes and muddy meadowlands.
Species Description:
General: Usually glabrous perennial from slender, fibrous roots, the stems several, one or more of them stolonous and freely-rooting, 1-4 dm. long, the others scapose, 5-30 cm. tall.
Leaves: Basal leaves with petioles 1-5 times the length of the blades, the blades cordate-lanceolate to rhombic, 1.5-3.5 cm. long and nearly as broad, 3-lobed at the tip; cauline leaves few, considerably reduced, alternate.
Flowers: Flowers 1-several on the scapes, bracteate; pedicels 2-6 cm. long; sepals 5, greenish-yellow, 2-4 mm. long; petals 5, pale yellow, 5-8 mm. long; nectary scale glabrous, about 0.4 mm. long, forming a pocket, laterally attached full length; receptacle cylindric, 3-10 mm. long; stamens 15-30; pistils 50-200.
Fruits: Achenes glabrous, laterally compressed, 2- to 4-nerved on each face, 1.5 mm. long; stylar beak stout, straight, 0.5 mm. long.
General: Usually glabrous perennial from slender, fibrous roots, the stems several, one or more of them stolonous and freely-rooting, 1-4 dm. long, the others scapose, 5-30 cm. tall.
Leaves: Basal leaves with petioles 1-5 times the length of the blades, the blades cordate-lanceolate to rhombic, 1.5-3.5 cm. long and nearly as broad, 3-lobed at the tip; cauline leaves few, considerably reduced, alternate.
Flowers: Flowers 1-several on the scapes, bracteate; pedicels 2-6 cm. long; sepals 5, greenish-yellow, 2-4 mm. long; petals 5, pale yellow, 5-8 mm. long; nectary scale glabrous, about 0.4 mm. long, forming a pocket, laterally attached full length; receptacle cylindric, 3-10 mm. long; stamens 15-30; pistils 50-200.
Fruits: Achenes glabrous, laterally compressed, 2- to 4-nerved on each face, 1.5 mm. long; stylar beak stout, straight, 0.5 mm. long.
Accepted Name:
Ranunculus cymbalaria PurshSynonyms:
Halerpestes cymbalaria (Pursh) Greene
Ranunculus cymbalaria Hook. var. alpinus Hook.
Ranunculus cymbalaria Hook. var. saximontanus Fern.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Ranunculus cymbalaria
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Ranunculus cymbalaria specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Ranunculus cymbalaria specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Ranunculus cymbalaria treatment.
E-Flora BC: Ranunculus cymbalaria atlas page.
CalPhotos: Ranunculus cymbalaria images.
USDA Plants Database: Ranunculus cymbalaria.
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